Bulgarian Attorney General Sotir Tsatsarov will be invited to a hearing on October 10 at the next session of the Interim Committee in Parliament, in order to examine the facts and circumstances over the interruption of BNR’s broadcasting of the Horizon central program on September 13 for 5 hours, as well as allegations of political pressure on BNR leadership and journalists.
This was decided by MPs at today's committee meeting. The Attorney General will provide details of the investigation and its results. After that, members of the Council for Electronic Media in Bulgaria, BNR Director General Svetoslav Kostov and radio journalists will be invited to hearings. The proposal to set up a temporary committee was made by the BSP.
Next week, the Podkrepa Trade Union will begin a series of meetings with parliamentary groups in the National Assembly on the 2025 state budget, BTA reported. During the talks, the unions will offer their views on the increase in salaries in the budget..
Funds will be found for both procedures – “Hot Lunch” and “Home Care”, which are among the most sought-after measures to support the most vulnerable members of society. During the parliamentary control sitting earlier today, in response to a..
In support of people with rare diseases, balloons in different colors flew over Sofia at noon, BTA reported. The balloons were released in the courtyard of the Alexandrovska Hospital, where medical specialists, patients and their relatives gathered..
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A serious restrictive and even repressive attitude among Bulgarian society on the current issues of school education and upbringing is shown by an..
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