63 percent of Bulgarians disapprove of possible ratification of the Istanbul Convention, according to a study by Barometer Bulgaria conducted in January.
The leaders of two of the main political formations in this country - United Patriots and the Bulgarian Socialist Party, as well as the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and all of the religious communities represented in this country have also voiced their opposition, which further hardens the attitude of opponents of the document.
According to the survey, low incomes, social issues and bureaucracy were the issues of significant importance to Bulgarian society. The poll also showed that the attitude towards the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU was positive.
Several European liberal parties have sent a letter to the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) to demand that Delyan Peevski be monitored, pointing out that he has been sanctioned for corruption by the US under the Global Magnitsky..
Greece’s Minister of Defence Nikos Dendias announced that Greece, Bulgaria and Romania are to establish a military mobility corridor in NATO’s Eastern flank. “Today my Bulgarian and Romanian counterparts, Mr. Atanas Zaprianov and Mr. Angel..
The parliamentary group of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) has excluded 17 MPs. Among them is the co-chairman Dzhevdet Chakarov. The decision was read in the plenary hall by the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly,..
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..
Caretaker Premier Dimitar Glavchev said from Washington that he did not know why the president had not yet announced a date for handing over the second..
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