Signing a declaration against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing has put an end to the high-level Black Sea Fisheries and Aquaculture Conference held in Sofia. The forum was attended by Commissioner in charge of Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Karmenu Vella, as well as by Secretary General of the Permanent International Secretariat (PERMIS) of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Michael B. Christides; Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, Rumen Porozhanov, and ministers from the countries of the Black Sea region. Two of the six Black Sea countries - Russia and Ukraine, have not signed the document. Over 62,000 people in the region depend on fishing and processing. According to Commissioner Vella, four out of five fish in the Black sea are caught illegally.
The chairman of the Bulgarian Socialist Party-United Left urged the political forces in the new parliament to put their party selfishness aside so another election may be avoided. He called for “crossing out corruption”, “hands off the..
''There can be no stable government without Vazrazhdane'', the party's leader Kostadin Kostadinov told the newly elected 51st National Assembly. "Such a government can be formed, but it will neither be stable nor long-lasting", Kostadin Kostadinov..
"For the first time in 35 years, democracy in Bulgaria is in immediate danger and we must save it", said MP Nikolay Denkov from We Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria (PP-DB). Nikolay Denkov outlined some of the coalition's priorities,..
The chairman of the Bulgarian Socialist Party-United Left urged the political forces in the new parliament to put their party selfishness aside so..
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After two rounds of voting, the 51 st parliament failed to elect a National Assembly president. None of the candidates nominated – Natalia..
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