The European Commission will present the 2020 Annual Rule of Law Report in September. The new European Rule of Law Mechanism will be applicable across all members of the European Union and will replace the monitoring on separate EU countries such as the former Cooperation and Verification Mechanism on Bulgaria and Romania. The report will cover issues related to the fight against corruption, freedom of media and pluralism and inter-institutional balances. Following the publication of the report in September, debates with the European Council and the European Parliament will be held.
The Bulgarian government and the German defence group Rheinmetall have signed an agreement in Sofia to build a gunpowder and 155 mm artillery shell factory at the state-owned Vazov Machine Building Works (VMZ) in Sopot. The deal was signed by..
The Embassy of Bulgaria in Washington hosted a reception for the Board of Executive Directors of the oldest Jewish organization "B'nai B'rith" . This was announced by the diplomatic mission on Facebook . The organization’s CEO..
Applications for recognition of higher education obtained abroad have doubled. This was announced by Vanya Grashkina-Mincheva, executive director of the National Center for Information and Documentation before a meeting of the parliamentary education..
An earthquake with a 6.1 magnitude on the Richter scale hit Western Turkey at 22.48 hours last night. There were over 40 aftershocks after the..
Bulgaria’s draft social security budget indicates that the minimum wage from 1 January 2026 will be lower than the level set out in the Labour Code ,..
Bulgaria’s Vertical Gas Corridor project is on track for completion by the end of 2026 , according to Energy Minister Zhecho Stankov, who stressed that..
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