With 11 votes "for" and 3 "against", the parliamentary committee on energy rejected President Rumen Radev's veto over the amendments to the Energy Act which introduce liberalization of electricity prices for citizens. The MRF and GERB stated that they understand the social arguments of the president, but due to the funds expected by Brussels under the Recovery and Sustainability Plan, the law must be adopted, and it will be further specified how it will be implemented. The next step is for the veto to be voted on in plenary.
GERB convened an extraordinary meeting on Friday (October 27). The mandate holders from "We Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria" (PP-DB) declared that they would boycott the meeting.
At the suggestion of the chairman of the commission, Delyan Dobrev, it was adopted in the Law on Excise and Excise Tax Warehouses to return to the old regime, that 50% of fuel reserves in the country should be stored in Bulgaria, that is, in Lukoil's monopoly warehouses, and the remaining 50 % abroad. Under the PP-DB government, 100% storage of fuel reserves was introduced in Bulgaria.
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..
President Rumen Radev called for the processes of modernization of the navy to continue. On board the frigate Drazki in the Black Sea, the president, the Deputy Minister of Defence Radostin Iliev and the commander of the Bulgarian navy rear admiral..
The European Commission has approved state aid amounting to EUR 142 million (BGN 278 million) to support the energy sector, BNR’s correspondent in..
13 bands from abroad will perform on the big stage of the 4 th edition of Midalidare - Rock in the Wine Valley , 12-14 July, alongside the..
President Rumen Radev is to hand the second governing-forming mandate next week. ''I expect We Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria (PP-DB) to..
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