A central unit for compensations in cases of slow justice may become operational in mid-June, according to Bulgarian Justice Minister Diana Kovacheva. Speaking in Parliament on Friday, she explained that the problem with providing compensation to the victims of slow court proceedings could be easily resolved with amendments to the Judiciary Act. Kovacheva presented a project for the [...]
May 20, 2012 | Posted in
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At the next meeting of the government Prime Minister Boyko Borisov will propose more than BGN 600 000 from the returned bonuses account to be transferred for treatment of sick children, the government’s press center surprisingly announced on Friday. No more details were immediately available. The U-turn comes after Borisov’s decision to transfer the money to the budgets [...]
May 20, 2012 | Posted in
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Up to BGN 600 000 from the returned bonuses account will be transferred to the budgets of the Council of Ministries and the Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs for the organization and execution of the tribute campaign. The fund will be used for repairs and rebuilding of monuments ofsoldiers who have perished in the Wars, for displays, reinstatement of historical documents, and [...]
May 15, 2012 | Posted in
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Bulgaria’s Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, wished success to the two major parties in the now former right-wing Blue Coalition, after news reports about the latter’s breakup. “Both the Union of Democratic Forces, UDF, and Democrats for Strong Bulgaria, DSB, are our political partners in the European right wing and in the European People’s Party, EPP, and I wish them success,” Borisov told the media Tuesday. [...]
May 15, 2012 | Posted in
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Bulgaria’s government is not responsible whatsoever for the two mobsters who vanished after receiving their sentences, the country’s Prime Minister Boyko Borisovhas stated. Angel Hristov and Plamen Galev aka the “Galevi brothers” disappeared after the Bulgarian Supreme Court of Cassation finally confirmed their organized crimesentences last week, and the two were supposed to be sent to jail for 5 and 4 years [...]
May 11, 2012 | Posted in
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All candidates for elective offices in Bulgaria should undergo an obligatorypsychological assessment, Krasimir Velchev, a key MP with ruling centrist-rightGERB, has proposed. The new measure should include Presidential runners, candidates for Mayors andcandidates for municipal council members, Velchev has told the 24 Chasa daily. He has pointed out that the psychological evaluation of wanna-be elective officials is his own idea and not [...]
May 11, 2012 | Posted in
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Bulgaria’s ruling center-right GERB party plans to be in government well ahead in the future, and cabinet plans extend beyond the end of the mandate in 2013, said Bulgarian Minister of Finance Simeon Djankov Saturday. “We plan to be in power for a long time. That is why we are considering the effects of our policies well beyond our [...]
May 6, 2012 | Posted in
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Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has welcomed the first visitors to the day of open doors at Bulgaria’s Presidency in central Sofia. Saturday the President‘s Office will be open 10 am – 4 pm for access for citizens who which to get acquainted with the building, its historic treasures, and the inner workings of the President‘s administration. “For me it is very important [...]
May 6, 2012 | Posted in
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Finance Minister Simeon Djankov has argued that an increase in pensions and salaries in the public sector in 2013 is achievable, provided that all efforts are concentrated on the task. However, the mention of Djankov’s name among the participants of a congress of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) drew boos from [...]
May 2, 2012 | Posted in
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Karlo Lukanov, the son of former Bulgarian Prime Minister Andrey Lukanov, is entering the executive council of a Bulgarian political party called United Social Democracy. Lukanov-junior told the Bulgarian National Radio on Monday that he had no intention of engaging himself in the political life for quite a long time. However, he pointed out that “a moment has [...]
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