The prosecution and the justice ministry demand transparency, regarding the analysis that is being carried out by EU experts on the work of the Bulgarian prosecution. The request for the dropping of the confidentiality clause has been sent to the Structural Reform Support Service with the EC, Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov has said. “There will be time when these reports must become public, otherwise the whole mission will be pointless,” he underlined. The initial mission of the EU experts is within the frameworks of this week and it will be followed by several working visits. Then the experts will have to prepare a special report, assessing the effectiveness of the Bulgarian prosecution, regarding the fight with corruption and organized crime, its structure, assignments and the career development of the prosecutors.
A contract for the purchase of 35 electric multiple units (EMUs) has been signed at the Council of Ministers. This is the largest order placed by the Bulgarian state in the last 20 years and the largest investment in rolling stock, announced Transport..
If we delay and do not reorganize and modernize our arms industry, in 5-6 years it will be exotic for the European arms market. This is a major challenge", said Bulgaria’s Minister of Defense Atanas Zapryanov during the discussion “The Hague 2025:..
In 2024, Bulgaria spent USD 2.208 billion (3.964 billion BGN), or 2.04% of its GDP, on defense, reads the annual report of NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. For the first time, the country has met the NATO target set in 2014, which requires each..
A peaceful civic protest under the motto “Protecting our children – car procession and blocking traffic on Danube Bridge” will take place on Saturday...
In 2024, the poverty line in the country was €375 per month on average per person in a household. A total of 1,401,300 people, or 21.7% of the population,..
On Saturday lows will be between 5 and 10°C, around 7°C in Sofia. Before noon it will be mostly sunny and calm. In the afternoon there will be isolated..
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