The European Commission has asked Bulgaria’s Minister of Education Galin Tsokov for further information regarding the law, adopted by parliament, banning LGBTQ+ “propaganda” in Bulgarian schools. Minister Tsokov has two weeks to respond, a European Commission spokesperson said, after which the Commission “will analyse whether the legislation is aligned with EU law.” A letter to Minister of Education Galin Tsokov on the matter was sent by European Commissioner for Equality, Helena Dalli on 13 August. At the beginning of August, in two readings on the same day, the Bulgarian National Assembly approved amendments to the pre-school and school education act, submitted by the nationalist Vazrazhdane party.
The EC is the second European institution to have reacted to the new texts. A week ago Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe Michael O'Flaherty urged President Rumen Radev to veto the law, but it was promulgated on 15 August.
President Rumen Radev is holding a series of meetings with potential caretaker prime ministers. Meanwhile, acting caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev has announced that he is ready to take up the post. After a meeting with the president, he said..
20.8% of Bulgarians say they want to live under authoritarian rule, another 10% are supporters of communism, indicates a survey conducted by Alpha Research agency commissioned by the Human and Social Studies Foundation-Sofia. 64% of the..
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has successfully activated a new version of the national visa information system, the ministry website has announced. Bulgaria’s consular offices have reopened to the public, accepting applications for all services –..
On Wednesday, the western part of the country will be cloudy and rainy with thunderstorms and hail possible . Eastern Bulgaria will be mostly sunny...
Occasionally, the Moon occults a planet in the Solar System, and if that planet is one of the five brightest, the phenomenon can be observed with the naked..
Bulgaria has requested the European Commission to enact a safeguard mechanism for Bulgarian egg producers over excess imports from Ukraine,..
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