The Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, the Istanbul convention as it is known, is not in compliance with the Bulgarian constitution, the Constitutional Court ruled.
The ruling was made by 8 votes, 4 of the judges signed dissenting opinions. The court finds that the convention separates the biological and the social dimension of the sexes, going beyond the frameworks of the view of the sexual binarity of the human species. According to the judges the Bulgarian constitution and the body of Bulgarian laws is built on an understanding of the binary existence of the human race, and the ratification of the Council of Europe Convention would impose procedures in Bulgaria that would provide for the legal recognition of a sex, different from biological sex.
Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov and Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev cancelled the meeting, scheduled for today, of the National Tripartite Council on the draft budget for 2006 after, in an unprecedented move, businesses decided not to take..
The European Commission has presented a proposal for developing high-speed railway lines within the EU until 2040, linking the capitals in the EU, among them a direct link Bucharest-Sofia-Athens. According to the plan, using the trans-European..
President Rumen Radev has returned for a new discussion in parliament the adopted legal amendments, according to which the sale of assets of Russian company Lukoil in the country will take place after a decision of the Council of..
Sales of starter sets with euro coins with the Bulgarian national side will begin on December 1, 2025 , the BNB announced. They will be in circulation..
Research ship "Sts. Cyril and Methodius" has departed from Varna after a solemn ceremony. In its fourth voyage to Antarctica the ship..
On Saturday , the lowest temperatures will be between 7 and 12°C; in Sofia - around 8°. In the morning hours visibility will be..
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