Government of Bulgaria

The Government of Bulgaria has informed the European Commission that it is not interested in the implementation of the Just Transition Plan this year. This was said in Brussels by the European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, Elisa Ferreira.

The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) will make its first visit to Bulgaria from 24 to 30 October to assess the treatment of people deprived of their liberty, and examine the existing protection measures against torture and ill-treatment.

The Bulgarian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale was visited by over 17,200 people - our goal is to create an up-to-date image of Bulgaria in the field of contemporary visual arts, Culture Minister Boil Banov said in response to a question from BSP MP Ivan Chenchev regarding a journalistic investigation into illicit funding of the Bulgarian participation in the Venice Biennale, Focus News

The U.S.

The Government is expected at its regular meeting to adopt a report on the implementation of the Action Plan for 2019 with the measures stemming from Bulgaria's membership of the European Union on 31 March 2019, the press service of the Cabinet announced.

Bulgarian wholesale electricity supplier NEK has repaid EUR 309 M in outstanding debt owed to coal-fired AES 3C Maritza East I power plant, a subsidiary of U.S.-based AES Corporation.

The United States Embassy in Sofia has announced the its security message distributed to US citizens on Wednesday is "no longer in effect".

On Facebook, the Embassy praises the "proactive measures taken by the Government of Bulgaria in response to threat concerns".

Bulgaria remains one of the primary source countries of human trafficking in the European Union and government corruption creates an environment enabling some trafficking crimes, the US State Department has said.

US-based AES has welcomed the deal it signed with Bulgaria to amend the long-term power purchase agreement which its Bulgarian power plant AES 3C Maritza East 1 has with state-owned National Electricity Company (NEK).

Citigroup, HSBC, Societe Generale and Unicredit have been selected by Bulgaria's government to manage its global medium-term bond programme worth EUR 8 B, according to a new draft bill now before Parliament.