Bulgaria’s Premier Boyko Borissov and the President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani discussed the situation with the Mobility 1 package of the EU in a phone conversation. On January 10 the European Parliament’s Committee on Transport and Tourism voted the texts of the Mobility package and rejected two out of the three reports. Premier Borissov said that the topic should be left to the next European Parliament after the May elections. Bulgaria’s Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rosen Zhelyazkov will once again make this proposal to Antonio Tajani in Brussels. Minister Zhelyazkov will express in Brussels all reservations about the reports under the Moblitiy 1 package that were rejected by the European Parliament, as well as reservations about the voting procedures at the EP.
The Renew Europe political group in the European Parliament has established a working group to examine instances in which the Bulgarian government may have acted against the rule of law. The move comes in response to what the group describes as..
As of December 31, 2024, there were 3,765,000 people of working age, or 58.5% of the country's population. Men are 1,970,000, and women - 1,795,000. This was announced by the Deputy Chair of the National Statistical Institute (NSI)..
President Rumen Radev has sent a letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa expressing his gratitude for the decision of the Republic of South Africa to lift visa requirements for short-term stays for Bulgarian citizens. Radev..
The President of the “Renew Europe” group in the European Parliament, Valérie Hayer, called on the European Commission to urgently send a mission to..
On Thursday, minimum temperatures will range between 6 and 11°C across the country. Along the Black Sea coast, they will reach 13 to 16°C , while in Sofia..
Legislative amendments banning individuals sanctioned under the global Magnitsky law from holding senior government or party positions will likely be..
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