Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

Bulgarian government withdraws request for ratification of Istanbul Convention

Photo: BGNES

The Bulgarian government decided to withdraw its request for ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention) at the country’s National Assembly. Bulgaria’s Premier Boyko Borissov commented that this issue caused severe reactions by GERB’s coalition partners, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and the Grand Mufti’s Office instilling huge fears amidst the Bulgarian people. The government was elected by the Bulgarian people and we have to take this into consideration, Premier Borissov said.




Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

President Radev congratulates the lawyers on Constitution Day

On this date, we gratefully remember the foresight, political wisdom and sense of responsibility of the participants in the Constituent Assembly, who adopted the Tarnovo Constitution 145 years ago in Tarnovo and laid the foundations..

published on 4/16/24 10:14 AM

Germany supports Bulgaria’s membership in the Schengen area

Caretaker Minister of Interior Kalin Stoyanov and German Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser visited the "Kapitan Andreevo" border checkpoint and the border between Bulgaria and Turkey . The two discussed Bulgaria's..

published on 4/16/24 9:49 AM
Dimitar Glavchev

PM Glavchev offers replacement of the caretaker foreign minister

Caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev offers Daniel Mitov to take the position of caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs, replacing career diplomat Stefan Dimitrov. This was announced by the press service of the Council of Ministers. The proposal..

published on 4/16/24 8:36 AM