One day after the ad-hoc parliamentary committee made the decision to comply with the request of the prosecutor general for stripping Veselin Mareshki of his parliamentary immunity, the leader of Volya party announced he was giving up his immunity of his own accord.
Mareshki is currently being tried on five different counts; in four of the cases the court has ruled in his favour. The fifth lawsuit on which the court is yet to make its ruling Mareshki has been charged of blackmailing and assault and battery of a municipal councilor but he says he is expecting to win this action as well.
On Thursday, the lowest temperatures will be between 9 and 14°C; in Sofia – about 12°C. During the day there will be rain showers in the western and southeastern regions of Bulgaria. The precipitation will be more intense in the..
Underwater excavations near Cape Kilik in Bulgaria’s Avren municipality have revealed evidence of a harbour dating back to the early 1st millennium BC. The September 17–23 expedition, led by Prof. Ivan Hristov with divers from the National..
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev told a B4 meeting that EU enlargement is a natural priority for Sofia. Speaking on the sidelines of the 80th UN General Assembly, Georgiev joined counterparts from Greece, Romania and Croatia to discuss..
‘A historic moment for Bulgarian Studies in the US!’ With these words, Bulgaria’s Consul General in Chicago, Svetoslav Stankov, announced that the..
On Wednesday at dawn, temperatures will range between 8 and 14°C , and up to 18°C along the Black Sea coast. In Sofia, it will be around 9°C. In the..
A Bulgarian parliamentary delegation led by Raya Nazarian, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and Chair of the Bulgaria-Japan Friendship Group, is..
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