MPs have passed a motion to extend prison terms and increase fines for various forms of computer crime. These include theft of intellectual and industrial property, infection of an information system with a computer virus, child sexual exploitation..
Bulgaria's Parliament voted to pass conclusively amendments to the Energy from Renewable Sources (RES) Act simplifying the regime. A final customer may build power plants harnessing RES on rooftops and facades of buildings, provided the..
The government is to submit to the National Assembly a bill on collection companies, in order to prevent pressure on debtors. "Before starting to collect debts, the company will have to notify the debtor and invite them to..
The caretaker government proposes to ban acquisition of Bulgarian citizenship in exchange for investments. This is planned in the draft amendment to the Bulgarian Citizenship Act. The amendment would abolish Art. 12a and 14a for..
The Central Election Commission has confirmed the decision of the Stara Zagora District Election Commission to deny registration to Democratic Bulgaria's list of MP candidates for the November 14th parliamentary elections. The reason..
“The state will do all it can so that Hemus motorway can be built in accordance with the law,” Deputy Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Ivan Shishkov said for the BNR. Two ministers provide additional information about..
Today marks 85 years since the decree-law on the protection of Bulgaria’s nature was published in the State Gazette, laying the beginning of Bulgaria’s nature and environmental protection legislation. The 1936 decree, signed by Tsar Boris III..
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said that yesterday's report on the rule of law in its part for Bulgaria was objective. The news was reported from Brussels by BNR correspondent Angelina Piskova. At the entrance to the meeting of EU leaders..
"The report on the common mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights will not be announced today, but probably on September 30," Ilhan Kyuchyuk, an MEP of the Renew Europe group, has told BNR. He added that another..
With 98 votes in favor from GERB and the United Patriots, 72 - against, and no abstentions, the parliament has adopted at first reading the draft bill of GERB for changes in the Electoral Code. The changes provide for machine voting in..
