Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said that yesterday's report on the rule of law in its part for Bulgaria was objective. The news was reported from Brussels by BNR correspondent Angelina Piskova. At the entrance to the meeting of EU leaders..
"The report on the common mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights will not be announced today, but probably on September 30," Ilhan Kyuchyuk, an MEP of the Renew Europe group, has told BNR. He added that another..
With 98 votes in favor from GERB and the United Patriots, 72 - against, and no abstentions, the parliament has adopted at first reading the draft bill of GERB for changes in the Electoral Code. The changes provide for machine voting in..
The Legal Committee at the National Assembly has adopted the proposals of GERB for changes to the Electoral Code by 11 to 9 votes. The ruling party proposed amendments that provide for a majority election of half of the MPs from the Grand..
Bulgarian MPs have adopted at first reading two new bills for changes to the Law on Social Services, submitted by GERB and the United Patriots. According to the United Patriots, non-governmental organizations will not be able to provide social..
President Rumen Radev has referred the provisions of the Health Act and the declaration of an emergency epidemic situation to the Constitutional Court. The head of state disputes the power of the Council of Ministers to declare the measures, as well as..
The amendments to the Health Act, approved at first reading by parliament, lack clear criteria for restricting citizens' rights. This creates a danger of crossing the border of the rule of law during a state of emergency, constitutionalist Assoc...
The EC has formally rejected the position of the Bulgarian government that Art. 417 of the Code of Civil Procedure, according to which banks in Bulgaria sue their debtors in a fast-track procedure without the possibility for appeal, was in line..
The Council of Ministers has adopted amendments to the Regulations for Application of the Foreigners in the Republic of Bulgaria Act. Along with EU requirements, they are also related to the necessity of facilitating the procedures for applying for..
