European Commissioner Mariya Gabriel was appointed First Vice-President of the European People’s Party. At the EPP congress in Zagreb Commissoner Gabriel was supported by 422 delegates and collected highest number of votes among the other 9 Vice Presidents of the new EPP President Donald Tusk. Mariya Gabriel has been Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society since July 2017. During her term of office the Single Digital Market became reality and the first Pan-European Programme “Digital Europe” with a budget of EUR 9.2 billion was launched. Commissioner Gabriel is an author of the initiative for free wireless Internet for the European municipalities. In the new term of office of the European Commission which will last until 2024, Mariya Gabriel will serve as Commissioner for Innovation and Youth. She will be in charge of the EU policies under the programmes Horizon Europe, innovations, scientific research, Erasmus+ programme, education and culture.
The Central Election Commission (CEC) is sending the prosecutor the video recordings of the ballot count in 7 polling stations where there is a discrepancy in the number of votes counted. The prosecutors will have to check whether there is..
The European Parliament has approved the nomination of Bulgarian Ekaterina Zaharieva as European Commissioner. She will be in charge of the 'Start-ups, Research and Innovation' portfolio. After her confirmation hearing in the European Parliament,..
A meeting of the interior ministers of Bulgaria, Romania and Austria in Budapest could lead to a change in Austria's stance on the two countries joining the Schengen area. This is reported in the Austrian media. The meeting will take place on 22..
An engineering contract for the construction of new capacity at the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) has been signed by NPP Kozloduy - New Capacities..
17 drifting mines have been discovered and destroyed in the Black Sea by the Naval Forces of Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey since the beginning of the war..
On Tuesday , the lowest temperatures will be between minus 3° and 2°C, in Sofia - around minus 1°C. During the day it will be sunny,..
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