The Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, the Istanbul convention as it is known, is not in compliance with the Bulgarian constitution, the Constitutional Court ruled.
The ruling was made by 8 votes, 4 of the judges signed dissenting opinions. The court finds that the convention separates the biological and the social dimension of the sexes, going beyond the frameworks of the view of the sexual binarity of the human species. According to the judges the Bulgarian constitution and the body of Bulgarian laws is built on an understanding of the binary existence of the human race, and the ratification of the Council of Europe Convention would impose procedures in Bulgaria that would provide for the legal recognition of a sex, different from biological sex.
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 exploratory mandate to form a government. "Surely, President Rumen Radev has some considerations..
13 bands from abroad will perform on the big stage of the 4 th edition of Midalidare - Rock in the Wine Valley , 12-14 July, alongside the headliners Deep Purple, Mr. Big and Accept, among them Axel Rudi Pell, Hammerfall, Beast in Black, The..
On Friday the weather will be sunny and hot. Clouds will form in the afternoon but there will only be isolated showers in some parts in Eastern Bulgaria. Minimum temperatures 20-24° C., for Sofia 20° C., maximum 34-39° C., for Sofia 34° C...
On Friday the weather will be sunny and hot. Clouds will form in the afternoon but there will only be isolated showers in some parts in Eastern..
The European Commission has approved state aid amounting to EUR 142 million (BGN 278 million) to support the energy sector, BNR’s correspondent in..
13 bands from abroad will perform on the big stage of the 4 th edition of Midalidare - Rock in the Wine Valley , 12-14 July, alongside the..
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