Any action that creates conditions for stigmatisation of a group of people, persecution, division and hatred in society is contrary to all the leading international human rights standards that the Republic of Bulgaria, as a country governed by the rule of..
President Rumen Radev spoke with Ombudsman Diana Kovacheva as part of the consultations on a caretaker prime minister. After the meeting with the head of state, Ms. Kovacheva told the media that she could not take up the post because she had been..
About 74,500 citizens and representatives of organizations sought assistance, protection or help from Ombudsman Diana Kovacheva in the past year , the annual report on the ombudsman’s activities, submitted to the National Assembly,..
Bulgaria's ombudsman Diana Kovacheva insists that the compensations for the household consumers of natural gas be increased. In a letter to the ministers of finance and energy Assen Vassilev and Alexander Nikolov, she informs that citizens feel..
The centres for people at risk are forced to close their doors over electricity and gas prices. In a letter addressed to the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Social Policy and to the chair of the parliamentary Committee on Labour, Social and..
Bulgaria's Ombudsman Diana Kovacheva was elected a member of the leadership of the global and European networks of human rights institutions. There are only four European representatives in the leadership of the world network, one of whom will now be..
In a letter to the MPs of the 47th National Assembly, the Ombudsman Diana Kovacheva highlighted the most important problems that citizens raise in their complaints. The high prices of natural gas, electricity, heating, and..
The price of heating and water and the amount of pensions are the main problems for which citizens have sought help from the ombudsman last year, the institution reported. Nearly 3,000 people have complained about irregularities in the field of..
17 new Covid-19 cases in Bulgaria, most of them in Pleven region 17 new Covid-19 cases have been registered in Bulgaria today – 2 in Sofia region and 15 in Pleven region, Central Bulgaria. This brings the total number of confirmed..
Bulgaria’s ombudsman Maya Manolova has asked for the assistance of her Cyprian counterpart for resolving the problem of the Bulgarian drivers insured at Olympic, the Cyprian insurance company which went bankrupt. Manolova stressed there were..
