Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev signed a decree disbanding the 47th National Assembly and scheduling early Parliamentary elections on October 2.
President Radev also appointed a caretaker government with the following cabinet members:
Galab Donev- caretaker Prime Minister;
Lazar Lazarov- Deputy Premier and Minister of Labor and Social Policy;
Hristo Alexiev- Deputy Premier for Economy and Minister of Transport;
Ivan Demerdzhiev- Deputy Premier for Public Order and Security and Minister of Interior;
Atanas Pekanov- Deputy Premier for the Management of EU Funds;
Rositsa Velkova-Zheleva- Minister of Finance;
Dimitar Stoyanov- Minister of Defense;
Asen Medzhidiev- Minister of Health;
Ivan Shishkov- Minister of Regional Development and Public Works;
Sasho Penov- Minister of Education and Science;
Nikolay Milkov- Minister of Foreign Affairs;
Krum Zarkov- Minister of Justice;
Velislav Minekov- Minister of Culture;
Rositsa Karamfilova-Blagova- Minister of Environment and Water;
Yavor Gechev- Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry;
Nikola Stoyanov- Minister of Economy;
Rossen Hristov- Minister of Energy;
Alexander Pulev- Minister of Innovation and Growth;
Ilin Dimitrov- Minister of Tourism;
Vesela Lecheva- Minister of Youth and Sports;
Georgi Todorov- Minister of e-Government
Residents of the village of Chepintsi are organizing a protest today at 10:00 am in the area of the non-operational border checkpoint Rudozem–Xanthi on the Bulgaria-Greece border, said the mayor of the Rhodope village, Riza Brahimbashev. People are..
During the night, the cloud cover over most of the country will be mostly significant, and there will be light rain in some areas in Western Bulgaria. There will be a light wind, moderate in Northeastern Bulgaria. The lowest temperatures will range..
Thousands of motorcyclists from Southern Bulgaria gathered in Plovdiv for the first motorcycle season opening event of the year. The bikers paraded with an impressive motorcade through the streets of the city and continued towards Bachkovo Monastery,..
On Saturday, the minimum temperatures in Bulgaria will be from minus 2 to 3°C. In Sofia it will be around 0°C. During the day it will be sunny with..
Nearly half of Bulgarians prefer the cabinet to continue governing over the alternative of new elections. However, the majority does not believe..
"There is no data that the Bulgarian citizen in Gaza died in a deliberate attack. At the moment, it is not known exactly what happened, Minister of..
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