“I have never hailed and will never hail CETA (the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement). On the contrary, as president of Bulgaria and guardian of the Bulgarian Constitution I am going to refer the matter of its lawfulness to the Constitutional Court. From this point on this agreement is in the hands of the Bulgarian parliament which should either ratify it or not.” This is what Bulgarian President Rumen Radev said speaking to Bulgarian media in Brussels where he joined the European Council meeting. The head of state has found contradictions in the Roman declaration now in the making on the future of the European Union. He has submitted amendments to the text, including guarantees for safeguarding the cohesion policy that provides funds to poorer economies helping them to catch up with more advanced ones. At the EU summit in Brussels its 27 leaders discussed a joint political declaration for the development of the bloc in the coming years after Great Britain’s exit. The final text will be passed on 25 March in Rome.
On Saturday, minimum temperatures in the country will range from 11 to 14°C, with a low of 12°C in Sofia. Morning fog is expected in the plains and valleys. The day will start sunny, but clouds and rain will develop over the mountains in western and..
President Rumen Radev will pay an official visit to Hungary on 25 and 26 May at the invitation of President Tamás Sulyok . The two will inaugurate the Bulgarian Cultural and Educational Centre in Budapest, built with the support of the Bulgarian and..
The European Commission has given Bulgaria and 15 other EU countries a two-month deadline to fully implement EU rules on road tolls for trucks, linking them to the vehicles' carbon dioxide emissions. Failure to comply will result in criminal..
On May 23, we celebrate World Turtle Day, the most endangered group of vertebrates on earth. Only two out of a total of 58 species of land..
Clouds will break and decrease overnight, except in eastern Bulgaria. Light to moderate winds will blow from west-northwest. On Friday, 24 May, the..
The association "Angels on the Road", uniting families who lost their loved ones in road traffic accidents, held a motorcade and a pedestrian march in..
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