President Rumen Radev's decree from May 10th appointing Kiril Petkov as minister of economy in Stefan Yanev's first caretaker government is unconstitutional. Petkov had dual citizenship at that time, the Constitutional Court ruled. The decision was adopted by 11 votes. Georgi Angelov signed the decision with a special opinion on the admissibility of the lawsuit filed by MPs in the 46th National Assembly. The decree declared unconstitutional has retroactive effect, which means that Petkov was not a minister and the acts signed by him can be challenged in court.
"The decisions of the court, including the Constitutional Court, are not commented on, but are implemented. The President has neither the authority nor the obligation to verify the declarations filed by the candidates for caretaker ministers," the presidency said in a statement. It is pointed out that "such rules about citizenship in the 21st century and in the conditions of Bulgaria's membership in the EU and other international organizations is an anachronism. It actually limits the political rights of hundreds of thousands of Bulgarians abroad."
With the votes of GERB-SDS and PP-DB, the parliament rejected the request for a debate on the report of the temporary committee to investigate corruption practices in the "Customs" Agency and the possible role of the former finance..
Hail storm caused huge damage in the regions of Plovdiv, Haskovo, Stara Zagora and Sliven. No people were injured but crops in many places were destroyed . The villages of Banya, Samuilovo, Zetiovo, Gita, Svoboda and Shivachevo..
13% of boys and 11% of 11-year-old girls in Bulgaria smoked at least one cigarette in the past 30 days of the survey, BGNES reported, referring to a UN report on the healthy behavior of school-age children. 17% of boys under 13 also..
The Bulgarian Parliament has finally postponed the liberalisation of the energy market for one year, starting from 1 July. The decision was taken with..
Bulgaria will assist Ukraine in the process of rebuilding its energy infrastructure. This was announced after a meeting between Bulgaria’s Energy..
On Thursday , a cold atmospheric front will pass through the country. It will be rainy with thunders over the whole of Bulgaria. There..
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