Bulgaria’s MPs voted in favor of the mandatory voting at first reading. The parliament also approved the establishment of a separate voting district for Bulgarian voters outside the country. The Bulgarian members of Parliament adopted 11 out of 14 proposals regarding amendments to the Election Code. They also shortened at first reading the election campaign period from 30 to 21 days. The MPs also backed at first reading the introduction of administrative penalties for those Bulgarian nationals who fail to cast their ballots. Following long debates in plenary hall, the MPs rejected the proposal of the nationalistic Ataka party about the introduction of a minimum educational qualification for voting.
"Bulgaria is the main driving force behind the European integration of the Western Balkan countries because we are aware of how important this integration is for the security, stability and sustainable economic development of the region," said..
In a major article entitled "Bulgarians exploited the computer that said 'yes'" , The Times says that the British nation owes gratitude to Inspector Vassil Panayotov for exposing the gang of Bulgarian fraudsters who took advantage of the "generosity..
I will not be Patriarch. This I can declare, and you have no idea who will be the Patriarch," Metropolitan Nikolai of Plovdiv said in Burgas. The comment was made two days after Metropolitan Anthony of Western and Central Europe said that no document..
At noon sharp today, air raid sirens will sound throughout the country for 2 minutes in tribute to the memory of revolutionary poet Hristo Botev and all..
“In Bulgaria there are many other camps and prisons but Belene has come to be regarded as a synonym of communist repression and communist brutality,”..
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will visit Bulgaria's second-biggest city Plovdiv today . The visit is part of the tours in..
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