President Rumen Radev has signed his first decrees as a head of state. The presidency will consist of an administration of the president and councils which will assist the president and the vice president as they carry out their constitutional powers. The administration of the president includes: chief secretary; head of the president’s office; head of the vice president’s office. Dimitar Stoyanov has been appointed the president’s chief secretary; Ivo Hristov is going to serve as head of the president’s office; and Nadya Mladenova will be in charge of the vice president’s office. The President of the Republic will have secretaries in foreign policy; the Bulgarian Presidency of the European Union 2018; security and defense; legal affairs and anti-corruption; spiritual affairs and culture; regional development, economy and investments; social policy and healthcare; education, science and innovation; home affairs and civil society; media relations. Five councils are constituted at the administration of the president, to act as advisory bodies and to take part in decision-making, formulating positions and stances as well as in launching initiatives in various scopes of public life. These include: Foreign Policy, Security and Defense Council; Legal Affairs Council, Spiritual Affairs and Culture Council; Economic and Social Development Council and Education, Science and Innovations Council.
A village of small houses dating from the 13th-15th cent. AD , very similar to the dwellings of the Hobbits, has been excavated by archaeologist Prof. Nikolay Ovcharov and his team. It is a complex of a dozen small houses located in the southern part of..
Today is the deadline for forming polling stations with orders from the heads of diplomatic and consular missions around the world and this deadline will be respected, Tsvetozar Tomov of the CEC said at a briefing. 719 stations in..
Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Lyudmila Petkova represented Bulgaria at the regular meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) in Luxembourg. Among the topics discussed were the economic..
Bulgarian farmers remain ready to protest due to delayed payments under the so-called "Ukrainian aid". The government has paid BGN 200 million (EUR 102..
A commemorative ceremony was held at the Sofia Synagogue to mark one year since the unprecedented attack by the Palestinian movement Hamas against..
On Wednesday, the lowest temperatures will be between 6 and 11°C; in Sofia - about 8°C. The highest will be between 23 and 28°C; in..
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