The amendments to the Health Act, approved at first reading by parliament, lack clear criteria for restricting citizens' rights. This creates a danger of crossing the border of the rule of law during a state of emergency, constitutionalist Assoc. Prof. Atanas Slavov has warned in an interview with the BNR.
"By allowing the minister to assess which rights should be limited and to what extent, does it mean that the minister could close the whole country with just one order?" Slavov asked. He pointed out the need for a periodic review of the restrictions imposed on citizens' rights and an assessment of whether they met the principles of necessity.
Red paint was splattered in front of the Russian Embassy in Sofia. A video posted on the Facebook page of "BOEC" shows activists of the civil movement unloading paint buckets from a vehicle and spilling the paint in front of the embassy..
"We came out to defend freedom. We will keep fighting. The protest continues on Wednesday", Vazrazhdane leader Kostadin Kostadinov said an interview with BNR. "The protest continues inside the National Assembly. We will resist until the end", the MP..
Despite the ban by the Sofia Municipality, the Lukov March took place under heightened police presence. Participants in the far-right procession gathered on February 22 at Sveta Nedelya Square. They marched to the house of General Hristo Lukov, where..
According to data from Eurostat, Bulgaria has met the final criterion for joining the eurozone, namely price stability, Minister of Finance Temenuzhka..
Sofia has taken over the presidency of the most prestigious local government forum in the Balkans – B40. The capital’s mayor Vasil Terziev accepted the..
The Ministers of Agriculture of Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia have called on the European Commission to restore pre-war import quotas for..
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