The Economist’s “The World in 2018” annual look-ahead forum took place in Sofia, within the bounds of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU. At the forum, held in Sofia for the first time, Lilyana Pavlova, Minister for the..
The Bulgarian authorities are making great efforts and the European Commission is convinced that Bulgaria’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union will be a success , Ognian Zlatev, Head of the European Commission Representation in Bulgaria,..
Deputy Prime Minister Deniza Slateva who is in charge of the preparation of Bulgaria’s EU presidency in 2018 stated that some key steps have been taken in the sphere she is entrusted with. The government has adopted an updated plan of..
There is no fatal delay in preparatory work for Bulgaria’s EU Presidency next year. Some delay though is seen in the cultural event program and in the adoption of a communications strategy, Deniza Slateva,Deputy Prime Minister for the Preparation..
Today’s papers give extensive coverage to the issue of machine voting at the early parliamentary elections due on 26 Match, parallel with the voting by paper ballot. Less than two months before the elections the Supreme Administrative Court..
Fast elections are risky, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has told the press in Sofia. “I am afraid that possible fast elections will lead to even greater instability, to an even more fragmented National Assembly that will have a lesser..
Bulgaria’s presidency of the EU will start at the beginning of 2018, most probably jointly with Estonia and Finland. This was announced by Dzhema Grozdanova from the European Affairs and Oversight of The European Funds Committee of the Bulgarian..
Bulgarian Deputy PM Meglena Kuneva and British State Secretary for European Affairs David Lidington have discussed in London options to optimize costs for the EU presidency based on joint initiatives of the troika including Bulgaria, Britain and..
