The European Parliament approved with a vast majority the candidature of MEP Mariya Gabriel who was proposed by the Bulgarian government to become the next Bulgarian EU Commissioner. A public hearing of the Bulgarian MEP was held on June 20 at the European Parliament where Mariya Gabriel was answering in the course of three hours questions of five Parliamentary committees. After the voting at the European Parliament the EC President Jean Claude Juncker is expected to send a letter to all EU member states asking them to approve the Bulgarian candidature. The final approval had to be given by the ambassadors of the 28 member states. Mariya Gabriel is expected to become EU Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society on the eve of the weekly sitting of the European Commission next Wednesday.
On Wednesday , the lowest temperatures in Bulgaria will be between 0 and 5°C; in Sofia - about 0°C. Sunny weather will prevail during the day, with temporary increases in cloudiness in the afternoon. There will be moderate..
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will visit Bulgaria this Friday 20 December, according to BGNES and a number of other Bulgarian media. The information has not yet been confirmed by the Bulgarian authorities. "Welcome Viktor Orban to Bulgaria...
There is no risk of pollution of the Black Sea in the area of the Bulgarian exclusive economic zone from the oil spill in the Kerch Strait, after the incidents with two Russian tankers there. This is what Flotilla Admiral Prof. Kalin..
The results from the laboratory in Montpellier confirm the presence of sheep and goat plague in the herds in Velingrad . This became clear at a briefing..
The first mandate for forming a government will be handed over after New Year’s Day, if this week is used for talks between the..
Vice President Iliana Iotova said in Pernik that she is optimistic about the formation of a regular cabinet. "Yesterday's talks..
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