The parliamentary committee for control over the security services has held a hearing of chairman of the State Agency for National Security, Plamen Tonchev, about the canceled machine voting. The CEC made this decision on Friday evening - a day before the first round of the local elections, based on a report by SANS on suspected manipulations. After the hearing, Plamen Tonchev said that he had provided all the information at the confidential meeting.
This evening the Supreme Administrative Court is expected to rule on the decision of the CEC, which canceled the machine voting. Political parties, election participants and citizens appealed against the decision.
Under the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, Spain has said it will send two aircraft, each with a capacity of around 6 tonnes, to help fight the wildfires in Bulgaria. It is likely that the flying machines will be able to join the extinguishing efforts as..
Bulgaria is actively working with Greece and Romania to secure EU funding for infrastructure projects to be used for both military and civilian purposes. This is what Bulgaria's Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov explained to the MPs in Parliament..
Sofia Airport has not been affected by the global IT outage , which has hampered companies from all over the world, the press centre of Sofia Airport told BTA. There might be cancelled or delayed flights because of other affected airports or..
A state of emergency remains in force in seven villages in the border municipality of Bolyarovo. The fight against the fire at the village of Voden..
A total of 60 officers from the Bezmer and Kabile units are on the ground with equipment for firefighting, Bulgaria's Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov..
A fire has started in Greece a kilometre and a half from the Bulgarian border and is slowly moving towards it. The fire is located in an extremely..
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