European Commission spokesperson Mina Andreeva stated that the EC is following the real estate property scandal involving high-ranking politicians in Bulgaria spending European funding.
Deputy Economy Minister Alexander Manolev resigned over media publications that he acquired a vacation house near Sandanski for his personal use, financed under a rural development programme for guest houses.
It is not up to the European Commission to investigate the spending of European funds directly. That is up to the respective national authorities. A local investigation of this case is ongoing and we shall be monitoring the results, Mina Andreeva said.
The National Association of Grain Producers has announced full readiness to support the fight against fires . Twenty-one coordinators from different regions have been deployed to assist the fire brigades as needed and to send volunteers with machinery...
Emergency teams continue to battle wildfires across Bulgaria. The situation in the municipality of Bolyarovo, near the Turkish border, is becoming more complicated . The fire, fanned by strong winds, has reached the village of Voden (Yambol region),..
Bulgarian MEP Tsvetelina Penkova of the Bulgarian Socialist Party has been unanimously elected as President of the European Energy Forum - the largest organisation in the energy sector in Brussels. Ms Penkova will be the first woman to be..
The situation with the wildfires in the country remains critical. The fire near Stara Zagora has been contained. Firefighting teams are also monitoring..
Caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev has established a task force to combat the wildfires in the country. Today, he visited the Stara Zagora..
Wednesday will be sunny and very hot, with some cumulus clouds in the afternoon. Lows will be between 19 and 27°C, 20°C in Sofia, and highs between 38..
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