The construction of the fence at the Bulgaria-Turkey border has been completed, GERB Deputy Chairman and leader of that party’s Parliamentary group Tsvetan Tsvetanov told the Bulgarian National Television on Sunday. Its total length is 201 kilometers. The border fence in only one of the multiple measures taken by the Bulgarian authorities to protect adequately the Bulgaria-Turkey border which is also an external border of the European Union, Tsvetan Tsvetanov went on to say. “The opposition claims that even a single Euro has not been absorbed out of all EUR 160 million allotted by the EU, but contracts to the tune of over EUR 33 million have been already signed. Moreover, I am confedent that another EUR 70 million will be absorbed in the coming months”, Tsvetan Tsvetanov also said.
The caretaker cabinet approved an international agreement for the acquisition of anti-tank guided missiles Javelin under the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program. The decision proposes that the National Assembly ratify the agreement by law. The..
After it became clear that the prospective cabinet would be backed by a coalition of GERB-SDS, There is Such a People and BSP, Premier-designate Rosen Zhelyazkov explained that the political responsibility would be shared by all participants in the..
President Rumen Radev handed over the first cabinet-forming mandate to Rosen Zhelyazkov, who was nominated by GERB-SDS for Prime Minister. "We appreciate the time you have given us. It was not wasted", said Rosen Zhelyazkov upon receiving the..
Stabilising state finances will be the main task of the Finance Ministry, its new head Temenuzhka Petkova said at her inauguration as minister. The..
Two freight trains, moving on the same track between the Svetovrachene and Kremikovtsi railway stations near Sofia, caused the death of two people, as..
A protest demonstration was held today in front of the Council of Ministers in the capital under the banner "Reclaiming access to Vitosha". Mountain..
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