Bulgaria’s Ombudsman Maya Manolova will propose amendments to the Electoral Code that would allow the Bulgarians living in Great Britain to keep their voting rights after a possible Brexit, it became clear at the meeting between Maya Manolova and representatives of the Bulgarian community abroad. The discussion was initiated by a petition signed by over 150 Bulgarians living abroad who asked Bulgaria’s Ombudsman Manolova to protect their voting rights. According to the current Electoral Code, in order to be eligible to vote at European or local elections Bulgarians should have resided in Bulgaria or in other EU member state for at least three months prior to the date of elections. Moreover, polling stations in non-EU countries can be opened in diplomatic and consular offices only, which would impede election process.
The Ministry of Tourism has carried out nearly 200 checks in Bulgarian Black Sea resorts over the past month, Minister Miroslav Borshosh reported. An inspection is currently underway in Sunny Beach. “We want to put a stop to all types of illegal..
Twenty-two Bulgarian students who spent the last school year at high schools across the United States, from Texas to Vermont, have returned home . The exchange was organised by the YES Bulgaria programme. Over the past few months, the teenagers not..
Tighter controls on main roads, tougher penalties for violators and improved traffic management during the summer months — these were the measures ordered by Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov at the start of the Cabinet meeting. In..
A segment of a global money laundering network operating through financial fraud has been dismantled, the Sofia District Prosecutor's Office and the..
Sofia is hosting a trilateral meeting of the defence forces heads of Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey. The Ministry of Defence announced that, at the..
A total of eight new European bison (two males and six females) were brought in two stages in June to the area of the village of Zhenda in the Eastern..
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