Parents who deliberately stop their children from attending school must bear criminal responsibility, according to amendments to the Penal Code, filed to the National Assembly by IMRO – Bulgarian National Movement.
MPs are still debating whether the sanction should be a fine, community service or imprisonment.According to IMRO, depriving children of education must be considered a serious crime. The Bulgarian Constitution is also being often violated, as it explicitly states that education is compulsory until the age of 16.
Vazrazhdane party has sent a formal request to President Rumen Radev to call a referendum on keeping the Bulgarian Lev , the party’s leader Kostadin Kostadinov writes on Facebook, and adds that a referendum can be scheduled if the signatures of..
On 30 March, Bulgaria is switching to daylight saving time, the Bulgarian Institute of Metrology has announced, as reported by the Bulgarian news agency BTA. At 3 AM on 30 March, clocks must be set forward by one hour. The country switched to..
The Central Election Commission (CEC) must carry out the re-calculation of the election results it has been tasked with by the Constitutional Court. This will show whether there are any changes in the distribution of seats in the 51 st National..
A fifth boycott of large retail chains has been announced for today. The organizers also called on citizens to refrain from using banking..
A draft law has been prepared with the aim of regulating the relations along the entire chain from food producers to buyers. It proposes markup limits,..
Bulgaria's Constitutional Court has declared the election of 16 MPs in the current Bulgarian Parliament illegal . The decision was published on the..
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