Several central government agencies in Bulgaria will no longer operate from Sofia, but will be based in other cities, revealed Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov Sunday. This will be made in an effort to make their work more effective, create opportunities in other cities, and disburden the Bulgarian capital, said the PM during a visit to Plovdiv. Among the [...]
The right-wing party of former Prime Minister Ivan Kostov has seen another batch of members quit. Seventeen members and heads of the regional leadership of “Democrats for Strong Bulgaria” units in Sofia announced they are leaving the party, citing disagreements with its leaders. According to the defectors the cause to which they have pledged when joining the [...]
Bulgaria’s MPs have approved at first reading proposed legislative amendments that allow the country’s highway speed limit to grow from 130 km/h to 140 km/h (87 mph). “We want to increase the speed limit because of the new highways under construction and the new, high quality roads. The existing restrictions will remain in the risky road sections,” explained Regional Development Minister [...]
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has stated he is “amused” by the battle between Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) leader Sergey Stanishev and his opponent, Georgi Parvanov. Stanishev has a certain advantage in the media, Borisov reckons. “I see that almost everyone is now referring to the former President as “Gotse,”” the Prime Minister observed, referring to Parvanov’s alias from the time he [...]
The planned no-confidence vote against Bulgaria’s ruling centrist-right GERB will not take place, according to Parliamentary Speaker Tsetska Tsacheva. The no-confidence motion was submitted by Ataka and left-wing Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) on April 6 over what the two parties perceive as GERB‘s failed energy policy. At the end of March, the GERB government decided to scrap theBelene Nuclear Power Plant, a project backed by [...]
Bulgaria’s Council of Ministers is set to present the controversial ACTA agreement to the country’s Parliament, only to see it scrapped by the MPs. The ruling centrist-right GERB already suspended the ratification of ACTA in the national Parliament and instructed all its MEPs to vote against the international agreement. However, oppositional Bulgarian Socialist Party MP [...]
15 families, whose homes were destroyed by the flood in the southern Bulgarian village of Biser in early February, will sign Friday documents for the construction of their new homes, according to Irena Uzunova, District Governor of Haskovo. On Monday, each family will be able to discuss their individual preferences for their future home with [...]
Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has termed his order for the repayment of bonuses received by government officials as “populist”, citing the low salaries and the huge responsibilities of public office holders. “Bulgaria has been plagued by rampant populism as regards bonus payments. We keep thinking like a post-communist country, or even as communists. I am [...]
National Audit Office Chair Valeri Dimitrov has vowed inspections at the National Health Insurance Fund, the National Security Service, the National Intelligence Service and the Finance Ministry. In a Saturday interview for Darik radio, Dimitrov explained that the majority of the checks at the state institutions would be conducted in relation to public procurement procedures. [...]
Asked to comment on the growing public discontent over cases of police brutality in Bulgaria, Kalin Georgiev, Chief Secretary of the Interior Minister has claimed that police officers are executing their duties in accordance with the law. “The employees of the Interior Ministry are no ballerinas. When they are provoked by arrogance, words or actions, [...]
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