Estonia supports Bulgaria’s efforts to join the Schengen Area and appreciates its efforts to protect the EU external borders, Estonia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sven Mikser told the Bulgarian National Radio. Currently, Estonia is chairing the Council of the European Union. Our decision for support is based on objective criteria and Estonia believes that if a given country has already fulfilled these criteria, it should not be subject to additional conditions, Minister Sven Mikser added. On January 1, 2018 Bulgaria is to take over the rotation Presidency of the Council of the EU from Estonia for a period of six months.
On this day in 1991 the Seventh Grand National Assembly adopted the new Constitution of Bulgaria and dissolved itself, BTA recalls. This was the first new constitution in the former socialist camp, which came into effect the very next day, July 13. On..
The Bulgarian MPs have adopted regulations for the organization and activities of the National Assembly, BTA reported. The majority rejected the proposals of "Vazrazhdane" and ITN to have the MPs tested for drugs. ITN's proposal provided for the..
The regional governor of Plovdiv, Prof. Hristina Yancheva, announced a partial state of emergency in Hisarya and Kaloyanovo, BTA has reported. The measure was introduced because of the fires in the area of the villages of Pesnopoi and Mihiltsi near..
The European Commission has approved state aid amounting to EUR 142 million (BGN 278 million) to support the energy sector, BNR’s correspondent in..
President Rumen Radev is to hand the second governing-forming mandate next week. ''I expect We Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria (PP-DB) to..
Saturday will be sunny and hot. Clouds will form in the afternoon, and there may be brief showers in isolated places in the Eastern part of the..
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