Bulgarian Parliament

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov announced Thursday that he will propose Rumyana Bachvarova for the position of Minister of the Interior to replace Veselin Vuchkov after his resignation.

Borisov made the announcement at his unexpected visit to Bulgarian Parliament. He said that he will make the proposal for the new minister position to stop speculations on the matter.

The Bulgarian Parliament dismissed the proposal of opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) for early retirement on Wednesday.

Initially, the amendment to the Social Insurance Code was adopted with 94 votes in favour, 76 votes against, while 15 MPs abstained, daily Dnevnik reports.

Bulgarian Parliament overturned its former decision Thursday for preferential pricing of renewable energy installations across the country.

The Bulgarian Parliament approved on Wednesday the ratification of the contract for the issue of new debt of BGN 16 B.

The ratification was approved by 161 MPs, with 50 MPs voting against, while 12 abstained, BGNES news agency reports.

The Patriotic Front (PF), one of the parties backing the coalition government, announced that it is not going to support the ratification of the contract for the issue of new BGN 16 B debt.

This was announced by the co-chairperson of the PF Valeri Simeonov during his statement in the parliamentary chamber on Wednesday, daily Dnevnik reports.

Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) and the nationalists from Ataka organized protests on Wednesday regarding the proposal made by Financial Minister Vladislav Goranov on a new BGN 16 B debt.

Bulgarian Parliament is currently debating on the proposal and will either reject or approve it by the end of the day, while protesters outside of the building are screaming ''We will not pay!''.

The ambassadors of seven EU member states issued a joint statement on Tuesday, calling on the Bulgarian government to implement the judicial reforms it had set out to achieve.

The statement was signed by the ambassadors of France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Denmark, Finland and the charge d'affaires of the United Kingdom.

Gallup International presented a survey on the first 100 days in office of the second Boiko Borisov government on Tuesday.

The majority of people (56%) interviewed in February said that they do not trust the government.

Bulgaria's opposition Ataka party will propose to Parliament to recognize the results of Crimea's referendum to join Russia, RIA Novosti has reported.

The Russian news service quoted Ataka leader Volen Siderov as saying on Friday the party "recognizes the referendum and Crimea as a part of the Russian Federation."

The construction of the northern portion of the Sofia bypass road will start on February 18, Minister of Regional Development Liliana Pavlova announced on Friday.

Pavlova added that Struma and Maritsa motorways will be launched by the end of October 2015.

She presented her 100 days in office report in Bulgarian Parliament, the Bulgarian National Radio reported.