The European Commission has called on Bulgaria to properly introduce EU rules for interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings, BTA reports. The rules provide for general minimum requirements for a fair trial of suspects and..
The Netherlands wants more information from the European Commission and calls for a mission to find out how the rule of law is implemented in Bulgaria, before deciding whether to support the country’s accession to Schengen, the..
Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mariya Gabriel will meet today with the Commissioner for Innovation, Scientific Research, Culture, Education and Youth, Iliana Ivanova. This is the first..
As of September 15, the European Commission formally closes the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) for Bulgaria and Romania. The mechanism was set up for the two countries in 2006, before their accession to the EU, as they still had progress to..
Bulgaria still has no progress on improving the effectiveness of investigation and a robust track-record of prosecution and final convictions in high-level cases of corruption including through the institutional reform of the Anti-Corruption Commission..
Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mariya Gabriel has met with the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels. Von der Leyen congratulated Gabriel on taking office in the..
Bulgaria and 15 other EU countries have offered assistance to Ukraine via the EU Civil Protection Mechanism , to address the immediate needs resulting from the destruction of the Kakhovka dam. The 16 EU countries are delivering water tankers, water..
The portfolio of Mariya Gabriel , who resigned as Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth to join the Bulgarian government, has already been redistributed among other commissioners. Therefore, Bulgaria has the opportunity..
European Commissioner for Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi wrote on Twitter that the European Commission condemns the denial of entry of MEP Andrey Kovatchev to North Macedonia on the 6th of May. We call on the government of North..
Bulgaria will be allocated around €10 million from the second EC financial package worth €100 million to help farmers in the countries most affected by duty-free imports of agricultural products from Ukraine. The aid was distributed between Bulgaria,..
