Atanas Atanasov

With 137 votes for, one against and 99 abstained, Iva Miteva from ITN ("There Is Such a People") was elected President of the 46th National Assembly.

The caretaker government on July 7 adopted a decision to dismiss Angelo Prokopiev as the Deputy Head of the State Intelligence Agency.

Prokopiev was dismissed from the post at his own request.

Bulgaria's Caretaker Cabinet has made a proposal to relieve of his the post the Chairman of the State Intelligence Agency Atanas Atanasov, announced cabinet spokesman Anton Kutev after a sitting of the Council of Ministers.

Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov, his deputy Ivan Geshev, as well as the heads of the SANS Dimitar Georgiev, the National Intelligence Service Atanas Atanasov and the Military Information Service Velko Atanasov were also admitted to the White House.

The Bulgarian Judges Association has raised the alarm after MPs from the ruling coalition in Bulgaria - the centre-right GERB of prime minister Boyko Borissov and the nationalist union United Patriots - proposed changes to the Judicial System Act which would significantly limit funding opportunities for professional associations of judges.

Democrats for Strong Bulgaria (DSB), one of the parties constituting the junior coalition partner, the Reformist Bloc (RB), demanded the resignation of Transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski on Monday.

DSB demanded the resignation of Moskovski due to the recent corruption scandal involving the chairperson of the Road Transport Administration (DAI) executive agency Tsvetelin Tsvetanov.

Bulgaria's Parliament has established an ad hoc committee in connection with a set of proposed constitutional amendments.

The establishment of the committee was backed by 118 MPs, with 4 votes against and 14 abstentions, according to reports of dnevnik.bg.

Alexei Petrov, a former employee of the national security agency DANS, has been allowed to travel abroad, in a court sitting on the high-profile "Octopus" case.

The trial was relaunched on Friday after having been pending for months.

Atanas Atanasov, Chair of the internal security and public order parliamentary committee, claimed that the authorities were engaged in large-scale wiretapping during the anti-government protests in 2014.