The European commission has announced that it is closing the infringement procedures against Bulgaria, Greece and Ireland after the full introduction of three European rules in the sphere of criminal law in the three countries. These..
The European Commission is to present, today, its monitoring reports on the progress of Bulgaria and Romania under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism, media in Bulgaria report. This will take place at the regular meeting of the..
The European Commission has recommended that by 2020 Bulgaria improve tax collection and the management of state-owned companies. The country should ensure stability of the banking sector, reinforce supervision and the adequate evaluation of..
European Commission spokesperson Mina Andreeva stated that the EC is following the real estate property scandal involving high-ranking politicians in Bulgaria spending European funding. Deputy Economy Minister Alexander Manolev resigned over..
Sofia will ask the European Commission to change the question about gender identity in a questionnaire used in 20 countries of the community, said Education Minister Krasimir Valchev. The EC tool SELFIE (Self-reflection on Effective..
The European Commission has fined Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH), its gas supply subsidiary Bulgargaz and its gas infrastructure subsidiary Bulgartransgaz (the BEH group) more than 77 million euro for blocking competitors’ access to key gas..
The European Commission has warned Bulgaria that it has failed to comply with the ruling of the Court of Justice of the EU on air quality. A year and a half ago the Court ruled that the country is not complying with the limit values for..
The European Commission has announced it is lowering its growth forecast for the Bulgarian economy in 2018 from 3.8 to 3.5 percent because of weaker export performance, but that nonetheless, the growth rate continues considerably above the EU average..
The group of the Greens in the European Parliament presented four nominations for President of the European Commission. The Greens will make their selection out of four nominees, one of whom is Bulgarian – Atanas Schmidt, Deputy Chairman of the..
The European Commission has published preliminary results from the public consultations it launched on whether to abolish the switching between summer and winter time in Europe. Preliminary data show that 84 percent of the respondents are..
