For a second time the Specialized Criminal Court in Bulgaria has failed to open the court case over the terror attack at the Burgas Airport because of difficulties in summoning all victims and heirs of killed Israeli citizens. The next scheduled date is December 12. The bombing at the Burgas airport in a bus full of Israeli tourists, which took place on July 18, 2012, killed five Israeli tourists and the Bulgarian bus driver. 38 other people were injured in the attack. Defendants in absentia over the case are Lebanese with Australian citizenship Meliad Farah and Hassan el-Hajj Hassan, also from Lebanon but with Canadian citizenship.
Protests could erupt if the National Assembly fails to approve this year's state budget, Lyuboslav Kostov, chief economist at the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bulgaria (CITUB), said in an interview with BNR. "Once again, the budget..
MPs unanimously adopted at first reading the caretaker government's proposed law on revenues and expenditures in 2025, pending the adoption of the state budget. "The main objective is to ensure financial stability and the normal functioning of..
Acting Prosecutor-General Borislav Sarafov has sent a letter to the Speaker of the National Assembly Natalia Kiselova reminding her that the Prosecutor's Office has not yet received any information on the requests to lift the immunity of three MPs, the..
Bulgaria has made significant progress in meeting the criteria for inclusion in the U.S. Visa Waiver Program, caretaker Minister of Foreign..
The government's position is constant. The Bulgarian Orthodox Church (BOC) is one and indivisible, its unity is of particular importance..
Caretaker Minister of Defense Atanas Zapryanov took part in the 25th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at the level of Ministers of Defence..
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