The European Parliament supported the adoption of the Istanbul Convention by the EU. 500 MEPs voted in favor, 91 MEPs voted against and 50 MEPs abstained. The document urges the EU member states which have signed but not ratified yet the convention, including Bulgaria, to do so without delay. Two Bulgarian MEPs voted in favor- Ilhan Kyuchyuk and Atidzhe Alieva-Veli from Renew Europe. Asim Ademov, Andrey Novakov, Alexander Yordanov from the European Peoples’ Party, Angel Dzhambazki and Andrey Slabakov from the European Conservatives and Reformists Group, Ivo Hristov, Tsvetelina Penkova and Petar Vitanov from the from the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats voted against. Radan Kanev, Andrey Kovatchev, Emil Radev and Eva Maydell from EPP as well as Elena Yoncheva and Sergei Stanishev from the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats abstained.
The position Bulgaria is going to the NATO summit with indicates that Bulgaria could offer Ukraine EUR 80 million , caretaker PM Dimitar Glavchev told reporters in parliament. However, he added that whatever the sum, it can only become fact..
Hungary’s Deputy Interior Minister Bence Retvari stated that the abolition of Bulgaria and Romania’s Schengen borders by land is very important to the Hungarian presidency of the Council of the EU. We want to reach a decision by the end of the..
Yesterday, a new attempt was made to insinuate that Bulgaria would give cash to Ukraine, GERB leader Boyko Borissov said in parliament. At the closed session of the National Assembly discussing the NATO Summit in Washington, it became..
Sunday will be sunny and hot. There will be weak to moderate northeasterly wind. Temperatures will continue to rise and the highest..
The new Bulgarian Patriarch, Daniil, has spoken out in favour of reconciliation within the Orthodox churches. "There is a broken communion between..
The Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (DSB) party is proposing to its partners in the We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria (PP-DB) coalition that..
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