The Bulgarian National Assembly has adopted the annual report of the Counter-Corruption and Unlawfully Acquired Assets Forfeiture Commission. It was supported by 76 MPs, as 35 abstained. According to the report, in 2020 a total of..
The National Assembly will suspend its regular plenary sessions from March 8 to 24th, according to a draft decision of the ruling GERB party, BTA has reported. The vote on the decision is expected to take place on February 24...
After Bulgaria’s liberation from Ottoman domination in 1878 a process of gradual restoration of statehood began. Under the influence of Europe the idea emerged of a constitution and a parliament to forge the laws of a free Bulgaria. The beginning of..
Four political parties and coalitions will certainly be part of Bulgaria’s next National Assembly and three other parties and coalitions stand a chance of sending MPs to the Parliament, indicates data of the latest survey of AFIS Social and Marketing..
There will be almost twice as many political parties competing for the votes of Bulgarians during the parliamentary elections on April 4. This has become clear after the end of the registration campaign in the Central Election Commission. The..
The date announced by the President for the parliamentary elections (April 4 this year) is absolutely unsubstantiated, but GERB will nevertheless comply, the Speaker of the National Assembly, Tsveta Karayancheva said during the..
There will be three ways for people born after 31 December 1959 to receive their second retirement pensions – as a lump sum, in installments or as a life annuity. This was voted by the National Assembly, at first reading, as an amendment to..
The Bulgarian MPs are back in parliament after their 3-week Christmas break for the last, 44 th plenary session of the National Assembly, BNR’s Dobrina Karambolova reports. The political forces presented their priorities until the end of..
The National Assembly approved, at first reading, the state budget for 2021. Next year’s budget is to have a d eficit of 3.9% of the GDP , and the government will be able to take out a new loan of up to 4.5 billion Leva. As of 1 January, 2021,..
The request of BSP and MRF for the early release of Tsveta Karayancheva from the position of President of the National Assembly was rejected by 126 votes of GERB, United Patriots, Volya and some of the independent MPs, reporter of the "Horizon"..
