European Commissioner Mariya Gabriel was appointed First Vice-President of the European People’s Party. At the EPP congress in Zagreb Commissoner Gabriel was supported by 422 delegates and collected highest number of votes among the other 9 Vice Presidents of the new EPP President Donald Tusk. Mariya Gabriel has been Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society since July 2017. During her term of office the Single Digital Market became reality and the first Pan-European Programme “Digital Europe” with a budget of EUR 9.2 billion was launched. Commissioner Gabriel is an author of the initiative for free wireless Internet for the European municipalities. In the new term of office of the European Commission which will last until 2024, Mariya Gabriel will serve as Commissioner for Innovation and Youth. She will be in charge of the EU policies under the programmes Horizon Europe, innovations, scientific research, Erasmus+ programme, education and culture.
On Tuesday, lows will be between 1 and 6°C, 1°C in Sofia. During the day it will remain mostly cloudy, with showers mainly in the southeast. Over southwestern Bulgaria the clouds will break up and clear. Maximum temperatures will be 4° to 9°C, around..
The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is to have a female president for the first time. Corresponding Member Evelina Slavcheva from the Institute of Electrochemistry and Energy Systems was elected today to lead the 155-year-old institution...
At a national meeting convened by acting Prosecutor-General Borislav Sarafo v to discuss the rise in public and domestic violence, it was declared that the Prosecutor's Office and the Ministry of the Interior would not tolerate such crimes. "Under my..
The financial effect of our country's accession to Schengen by land will amount to BGN 1.63 billion (EUR 833.4 million) per year, according to a study..
The Ministry of Transport and Communications supports the idea of naming Sofia Airport after Vasil Levski– the most undisputed figure in Bulgarian..
On the occasion of World AIDS Day, observed on December 1, volunteers from the Bulgarian Red Cross Youth in Sofia will light tealights on the Lovers'..
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