The draft of a new constitution and for convening a Grand National Assembly submitted by the government was rejected by the Bulgarian National Assembly. The draft failed to collect 160 votes or a majority of two-thirds, BTA informs. 111 MPs from GERB, the United Patriots and Volya parties voted in favor of the draft. 93 MPs from the Bulgarian Socialist Party and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms voted against and 8 MPs abstained.
BSP MP Krum Zarkov described the government’s actions as an attempt to confuse anti-corruption protests and divert peoples’ attention from the health, social and economic crisis. The draft is a blow against democracy and statehood, the leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms Mustafa Karadayi said. Society is yet to seek place for constitutional debate, GERB MP Toma Bikov said.
The Culture Committee of the Bulgarian National Assembly failed to approve, at first reading, a bill on amendments to the Public Libraries Act to rename the National Library Sts. Cyril and Methodius to People’s Library. 2 MPs voted “for”, 4 voted..
A proposal for the establishment of a state-run company for trading in groceries, primarily produced in Bulgaria, via chain stores, was approved by the National Assembly’s Committee on Budget and Finance. The proposal was tabled between the..
The Eurogroup encourages Bulgaria to adopt the euro, according to a letter by its President Paschal Donohoe to European Council President Antonio Costa. The letter comes in connection with the upcoming meeting of the European leaders in Brussels on..
EUR 87 million under the operational programme Transport Connectivity, earmarked for the Russe-Veliko Tarnovo motorway is being redirected to the Europe..
Bulgarian Ambassador to the United States Georgi Panayotov and Raycho Raychev, founder and CEO of the Bulgarian company EnduroSat , met with experts..
The prehistoric complex "Provadiya-Solnitsata" - the oldest salt production and urban centre in Europe (5600 - 4350 BC) - is among the sites nominated..
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