The Bulgarian MPs are back in parliament after their 3-week Christmas break for the last, 44th plenary session of the National Assembly, BNR’s Dobrina Karambolova reports. The political forces presented their priorities until the end of parliament’s term of office – 26 March.
The ruling GERB party urged President Rumen Radev to make a decision on the date of the upcoming parliamentary elections as soon as possible. Daniela Daritkova, chair of GERB’s parliamentary group stated that the “medical crisis and mitigating its economic impact are the only possible priorities in the current situation”.
The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) demanded a report from the government on the state they are leaving Bulgaria in, “but not the TV kind, a genuine report”. The BSPaccused Prime Minister Boyko Borissov of declaring, from the TV screen, that Bulgaria “has the lowest deficit in Europe, while leaving the real-life country with a 20 billion euro debt”.
“Today democracy is in decline, the economy is in collapse, social tension is rising, divisions are deepening. The Covid crisis has made the unreformed health system all the more visible. 2020 will also be remembered for the reckless spending,” said on his part the leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms Mustafa Karadayi.
The regional governor of Plovdiv, Prof. Hristina Yancheva, announced a partial state of emergency in Hisarya and Kaloyanovo, BTA has reported. The measure was introduced because of the fires in the area of the villages of Pesnopoi and Mihiltsi near..
The European Commission has approved state aid amounting to EUR 142 million (BGN 278 million) to support the energy sector, BNR’s correspondent in Brussels reports. The money is being granted to alleviate part of the expenses of the companies which..
Army personnel and two helicopters from the 24 th air base at Krumovo have joined the efforts to extinguish a big fire in Mount Sredna Gora close to Pesnopoy village, Kaloyanovo municipality and Mihiltsi village, Hisarya municipality. 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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