Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev handed the first cabinet-forming mandate to Rossen Zhelyazkov who is the prime minister-designate of the largest parliamentary group-GERB-SDS. Rossen Zhelyazkov announced the structure and composition of the cabinet, which will include one deputy prime minister and 19 ministers. Tomislav Donchev is the candidate for Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Innovation and Growth. Lyudmila Petkova is nominated for Minister of Finance. Daniel Mitov was nominated for Minister of Foreign Affairs.
The Ministry of Interior will be headed by the current caretaker minister Kalin Stoyanov. Caretaker Transport Minister Georgi Gvozdeykov was nominated for Minister of Transport and Communications in Rossen Zhelyazkov’s cabinet. Caretaker Minister of Tourism Evtim Miloshev was nominated to head the Ministry of Tourism. GERB-SDS has 7 days to find parliamentary support for their draft cabinet in the 50th parliament, where the coalition has only 68 out of 240 seats.
In an open letter to the President of the National Assembly and the chairpersons of the parliamentary groups, 12 NGOs call for the immediate election of a national Ombudsman, BNR’s Silvia Velikova reports. They write that the position of Ombudsman..
Rose picking season is starting this year with serious problems because of the prolonged cold spell, BGNES reports. The people in this line of business say they expect an extremely poor harvest, which gives rise to major financial concerns as the..
The extremely unfavourable demographic picture is perhaps the biggest challenge we have to address if we want to go on as a nation, stated Tzvetan Spassov, head of the governing body of the Human Resources Development programme of the Ministry of..
Household consumers will remain on the regulated electricity market for an unlimited period, said Energy Minister Zhecho Stankov at a briefing at the..
On Thursday, minimum temperatures will range from 8°C to 14°C. Around 9°C is expected in Sofia. Cloud and rain expected in western and central Bulgaria..
The Ministry of Culture is expecting UNESCO to approve, by the end of 2025, the application of the Centre for Underwater Archaeology in Sozopol as a..
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