Valeriy Simeonov

Parliament ratified the protocol for the accession of northern Macedonia to NATO unanimously. The MPs from the BSP were absent, reports Dnevnik. 

''We can no longer be reconciled to this double standard. There can not live in two Bulgarian countries.

After nearly four-hour debates, the parliament elected Mariana Nikolova as Deputy Prime Minister in place of resigning Valeri Simeonov. The motives for the candidature were presented in plenary by Deputy Prime Minister and Co-President of the United Patriots Krasimir Karakachanov, in the presence of Nikolova herself.

At a working meeting of the Council of Ministers on Wednesday, convened at the request of Deputy Prime Ministers Krasimir Karakachanov and Valeriy Simeonov and the Environment Minister Neno Dimov, the Bulgarian Government has decided to draft a position in defense of Hungary and against the proposal to initiate a criminal proceedings against it under Article 7 of the Treaty on European Union.

Yesterday, we checked all the beaches of Sunny Beach Resort, as we do each year before the beginning of the summer tourist season, to make sure that the requirements of the Law on the Black Sea Coast are being obeyed.

Half a million professionals from  third-countries will arrive in Bulgaria over the next few years. We are talking about graduates working in different fields. The forecast is from the business, said Podkrepa Labor Union. The reason for the imminent import of so many qualified workers was the amendments to the Migration and Labor Mobility Act adopted in early March.

About 150 dams in the country are in a bad condition. This was announced by the Minister of Economy Emil Karanikolov to journalists today. With the transfer of ownership of the dams, which can not be managed by the municipalities and the establishment of a commercial company for their maintenance, work will immediately start to eliminate the irregularities of these facilities.
 

The Bulgarians themselves are shocked by the language and content of the declaration, signed by Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov, said MEP Ska Keller to Deutsche Welle. She has still not received an official apology from Sofia.

''There is no greener government than ours'', Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said at the beginning of today's government meeting, BGNES reported.

"What can happen in the buffer zone, which represents 2% of the territory of Pirin , is just the sports infrastructure

Deputy Prime Minister Valeriy Simeonov pointed out that a single new lift will be made, nothing else."

Checks on compliance with beach rules have strong public support. 81% of Bulgarian citizens approve inspections, while only 15% are against. According to data from Gallup International's express poll,  conducted among 800 adult Bulgarians through a panel methodology that allows national representation of the data, the agency said.