The deadline for nominations for a new Bulgarian National Bank governor expires today, 23 March. The ruling We continue the Change is nominating the chairman of its parliamentary group Andrey Gyurov , MP Venetsia Netsova-Angova said for the..
Ahead of his meeting with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin today at the Council of Ministers, Prime Minister Kiril Petkov denied claims that there were government's intentions to provide military support to Ukraine. According to..
Prime Minister Kiril Petkov made a statement on Facebook regarding last night’s arrest of former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and other GERB party members. Police hold GERB leader Boyko Borissov in custody for 24 hours (update) “The..
GERB opposition party has requested a hearing of Prime Minister Kiril Petkov in parliament over the proposal by Deputy Prime Minister Korneliya Ninova for force majeure to be declared in all intercompany contracts because of the war in..
Dragomir Zakov, Bulgaria’s Permanent Representative to NATO, is the new minister of defence of Bulgaria. His nomination was approved by the National Assembly with 184 MPs voting in favour and 33 abstaining. Prime Minister Kiril Petkov pointed..
After almost 13 hours of deliberation, the National Assembly approved article 1 of the draft state budget for 2022 – the statement of revenue and expenditure or the so-called budgetary framework , which sets down a deficit of EUR 2.8..
Bulgaria’s MPs are discussing at a second reading the draft state budget for 2022. It envisages a budget deficit of EUR 2.8 billion. According to the draft document, Bulgaria will be able to issue government bonds to the tune of EUR 3.7 billion...
“We are not going to have double-digit inflation in the country,” Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Assen Bassilev stated in response to criticism during the discussion of the draft state budget in parliament. Minister Vassilev..
Mothers of children with disabilities in Bulgarua united by the "The System is Killing Us" protested in front of the Bulgarian parliament today . They tried to enter the parliament building and meet with MPs to present their demands for an increase in..
The public is yet to assess the work of the current parliament. According to data of Alpha Research sociological agency, the positive asessments outnumber the negative assessments, a first since 2009. Alpha Research sociologist Pavel Valchev..
