Ambassador Jim O'Brien, Head of the Office of Sanctions Coordination at the US Department of State who made the announcement of the new names of Bulgarian citizens added to the Magnitsky list, is arriving in Sofia on 13 February, Justice Minister in the caretaker cabinet Krum Zarkov announced on Nova TV. He stated he expected more names of Bulgarian citizens to be added to the sanctions list.
Vice President Iliana Iotova made a statement to the same effect. At a forum of the National Office for Legal Assistance she stated that there are signs more names will be added to this list, adding that this was proof that the country has not done its job.
Vice President Iotova said further she feared the new parliament would not be able to form a government either. “2-in-1 elections would be the worst thing for Bulgaria. It would mean vitiating the local election, and for the time being it remains the only stable branch, after that of the president,” Iliana Iotova said.
The damage control and fire-fighting teams in Shumen have responded to 10 reports of damage due to the strong wind, the Regional Directorate of the Interior Ministry has announced. More often than not the reports were of fallen trees and branches in..
More than 35% of people in this country support the idea of a full annulment of the 27 October early election for parliament , indicates a national survey financed and carried out jointly by bTV and Market Links sociological agency. 26% of the..
The youngest grandmother in Bulgaria is just 28, Dr. Antonio Dushepeev, head of the maternity ward at the University General Hospital in Burgas said for the BNR. 149 underage girls gave birth at the hospital last year alone, the youngest of whom was..
“It’s time to lift internal border controls now,” European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson believes. In an interview with RFE/RL she..
The Constitutional Court has opened a case following the request by President Rumen Radev for the amendments to the Constitution, endorsed by the 49 th..
Romania and Bulgaria have a chance to join the Schengen area by land as of January 2025 , Hungarian Interior Minister Sándor Pinter said after an..
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