The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs at the European Parliament approved the abolition of the monitoring mechanism on Bulgaria and Romania and called for their accession to the Schengen Area. The MEPs supported the report of the European Commission according to which, Bulgaria has fulfilled its commitments. The media environment in Bulgaria has deteriorated and corruption remains a problem, Elena Yoncheva from the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats said. Emil Radev from the European People’s Party said that problems with corruption and rule of law exist in the whole EU and the fight against the vicious practices is not more effective in other EU member states. The European Parliament and the European Council will take the final decision whether to lift the twelve year monitoring on Bulgaria.
On Saturday, minimum temperatures in the country will be between 2 and 7°C, in some valleys in the south-east 0°C, in Sofia 2°C. During the day there will be cloudy weather with heavy precipitation in the eastern areas. In the western part of the..
At an extraordinary meeting, the National Assembly examines the report of the temporary parliamentary committee on the agreement between the state gas supplier Bulgargaz and Turkish energy company Botas. However, the conversation moved into the..
Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs Stefan Dimitrov stated that he remains in office until there is a presidential decree for his release. We recall that his replacement was requested by the caretaker PM Dimitar Glavchev a week after taking..
Italy supports Bulgaria's full-fledged membership in the Schengen area, Italian President Sergio Mattarella said. Mattarella is on a two-day visit to..
Bulgarian Caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev has met with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte , the press service of the Council of..
The Bulgarian Socialist Party will send the parliamentary report on the gas contract with the Turkish state-owned energy company Botas to the..
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