Valeri Simeonov

Patriotic Front (PF) coalition co-head Valeri Simeonov has set three conditions to support a new Bulgarian government formed under the current legislature.

Lawmakers have agreed to open every session of Bulgaria's Parliament with the national anthem.

The proposal was initially made by the Patriotic Front, the nationalist coalition backing Bulgaria's minority cabinet, but also gathered support among MPs from other parties.

It has been unanimously backed by the 77 MPs present during the vote.

Valeri Simeonov from the Patriotic Front has been elected chairman of the commission which will investigate the facts regarding the Belene nuclear power plant.

At an emergency meeting on Tuesday, deputies voted for the creation of a commission which must investigate the circumstances concerning the project in the period 2006 and the end of September 2016.

Novinite publishes profiles of presidential candidates running in the forthcoming elections on November 06.

Following is Krasimir Karakachanov, whose candidacy was endorsed by two bitterly antagonized nationalist parties - a rare display of unity.

National Ombudsman Maya Manolova has said she sides with Bulgarian citizens abroad disgruntled with Electoral Code amendments preventing them from exercising their right to vote.

Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is meeting representatives of Bulgarian nationals living out of the country to dicsuss changes to election laws.

The talks are a response to the public outcry among Bulgarians abroad over amendments to the Electoral Code that severely restrict the number of polling stations outside Bulgaria.

A row emerged on Tuesday between Valeri Simeonov, the co-chair of nationalist Patriotic Front coalition, and a representative of Bulgarians abroad over Electoral Code amendments.

Video footage showing the detention of migrants in Southern Bulgaria done by volunteer squads has added to controversy in a country divided over the treatment of migrants trying to cross its borders.

The footage purportedly shows three men, supposedly from Afghanistan, lying on the ground with their hands tied behind their backs.

A bill prepared by Bulgarian MPs proposes the imposition of BGN 50 fine for people not voting in elections and depriving them of social benefits for a period of three months.

The bill has been devised and adopted at first reading at the proposal of one of the parties supporting the ruling coalition - the Patriotic Front (PF).

Bulgarian Parliament will appoint a second ad hoc committee to consider lifting the immunity of nationalist Ataka party's leader, Volen Siderov, from criminal prosecution.

On Monday, November 30, Bulgarian Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov submitted to Parliament two new requests for immunity lifting over Siderov's violation of public order in two separate cases in 2011 and 2013.