The Sofia Regional Prosecution Office made a proposal to Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev to submit to the National Assembly a request for lifting the immunity of We Continue the Change Co-chairman Kiril Petkov. The proposal was made in connection with pre-trial proceedings regarding a declaration of citizenship containing false information which was submitted under Article 110 of the Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria. According to the Constitution, MPs and ministers must be Bulgarian citizens only.
In a Facebook post, Kiril Petkov wrote that he would waive his parliamentary immunity once the parliament sets up an immunity committee where he would present "all facts and evidence". "To the prosecutors and the security services: don’t you understand that we are determined to make a comrehensive reform of the judiciary and the captured specical services and that you cannot stop or scare us", Kiril Petkov wrote further.
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..
The Council of Ministers has approved the draft of a donation agreement between the World Health Organization and Bulgaria on the provision of a voluntary contribution, amounting to EUR 100,000, in support of the activities of the organization in the..
According to an analysis by the Electricity System Operator, a shortage of electricity is expected as early as January and February next year. At a..
Bulgaria’s caretaker Foreign Minister Ivan Kondov and his Albanian counterpart Igli Hasani confirmed the firm commitment of the two countries to the..
A cold front will pass through the country overnight and tomorrow from the northwest . Rain will fall in many places in the western regions and the Danube..
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