The National Assembly rejected the proposal of ITN for easing the conditions for holding referendums with changes to the Citizens' Direct Participation in Central Government and Local Self-government Act. 81 MPs voted "for", 30 were against, and 80 abstained.
ITN proposed to reduce the threshold for the number of signatures to trigger a referendum, to increase the period for collecting signatures - for a national referendum up to 6 months, for a local one - 5, as well as the threshold for validity to depend on the voter turnout in the previous elections.
The Bulgarian Orthodox church marks the day of St. Archangel Michael today, one of the most popular immovable Christian feasts. In Bulgaria it is also known as Arhangelovden . In popular belief, Archangel Michael – the angel closest to God –..
A protest organized by nationalist organizations in front of the Ivan Vazov National Theatre last night against the premiere of Bernard Shaw’s play Arms and the Man , directed by John Malkovich, turned violent. The protesters occupied the entrances..
The Institute for Historical Studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is organizing today a scientific conference on the topic "The Western Bulgarian Outlands - History and Perspectives" on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of..
A protest organized by nationalist organizations in front of the Ivan Vazov National Theatre last night against the premiere of Bernard Shaw’s play..
There Is such a People (ITN) has collected 67 signatures and are submitting a complaint to the Constitutional Court for the partial annulment of the..
A second night of protests took place outside the Ivan Vazov National Theatre in Sofia, but this time there were no physical confrontations. The protest..
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