The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of European Parliament has called for the swift accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen area. The MEPs are demanding that the two countries be admitted simultaneously at land,..
The place of Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia is in Schengen and this decision should not be postponed. This was stated in the European Parliament in Strasbourg by the chairman of the group of the European People's Party in the European Parliament,..
The European Parliament’s Committee on Transport and Tourism has rejected two of the amendments to the Mobility Package , which Bulgarian hauliers oppose, Bulgarian National TV reports. Drivers will not be obliged to return to Bulgaria every 3..
Projects contributing to the economic and social cohesion between the regions in the EU must remain an EU investment policy priority, a European Parliament resolution indicates. Besides priority EU funding, these regions need strategies that..
European Parliament delegation visited Sofia to discuss legislative proposals for Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base. CCCTB is a single set of rules to calculate companies’ taxable profits in the EU. With the Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base..
The hearing of the Bulgarian nomination for European commissioner Mariya Gabriel has begun at the European Parliament in Brussels. She has to answer 25 questions put by MEPs connected with her portfolio - digital economy and society. Gabriel..
A public hearing of Bulgaria’s EU Commissioner-designate Mariya Gabriel, who was nominated for Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, will be held at several commissions at the European Parliament on Tuesday. Representatives of Industry,..
The European Parliament has approved the members of the parliamentary committees for the remaining two and a half years of its mandate. The number of Bulgarian MEPs in those committees has remained almost unchanged. There are 3 Bulgarian MEPs in the..
The Central Election Commission of the Republic of Bulgaria has announced that Petar Kurumbashev from the lists of "Coalition for Bulgaria" becomes MEP. The decision is yet to be published in the "Official State Gazette". The European Parliament is also..
The members of the European Parliament adopted in Strasbourg the EU budget for 2017. The EU will allot more money next year to the agriculture field, which is among Bulgaria’s top priority fields. More money will be given as compensation for the..
