Addressing the congress of the European People’s Party, EPP, in Helsinki, the chairman of GERB party and Prime Minister of Bulgaria Boyko Borissov urged the EPP to come up with clear positions on issues like Schengen enlargement with the accession of Bulgaria and Romania, and the future of the EU’s economic cohesion policy.
The GERB delegation supported Manfred Weber’s nomination for leading EPP candidate for the European Parliament elections in 2019. The congress is expected to adopt common positions on issues vital to Europe, such as security, migration, economic growth and the creation of new jobs.
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 country. Minimum temperatures 18-23° C., for Sofia 18° C. Maximum temperatures 35-40° C., for Sofia 35°..
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 largest archaeological campaign ever conducted on Perperikon has begun, BTA reports. Prof. Nikolay Ovcharov, head of the research at..
After 17 MPs from the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, MRF, were expelled, among them the party’s other co-chair Dzevdet Chakarov, MRF MP Ahmed..
Greece’s Minister of Defence Nikos Dendias announced that Greece, Bulgaria and Romania are to establish a military mobility corridor in NATO’s Eastern..
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