Boyko Borisov

Bulgarian President-elect has turned down the invitation by incumbent Rosen Plevneliev to take part in the Consultative Council on National Security (KSNS) taking place on Tuesday.

Rumen Radev, who won the presidential election earlier this month, has said he cannot attend the council before having assumed his duties.

Greek opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected in Serbia Tuesday for talks with the country's President Tomislav Nikolic, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, and Patriarch Irinej.

During a meeting with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov Monday, both men voiced concern about recent comments by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The leader of Ataka Volen Siderov has remitted BGN 35,000 in legal expenses incurred by Boyko Borisov in the slander case against Siderov initiated by Borisov.

"If Siderov had not turned out to be human, my entire salary as PM would have been forfeited," commented Borisov to journalists.

At the present moment, we will not support the Patriotic Front for the forming of a government, said to journalists in Parliament the chairman of the parliamentary group of GERB Tsvetan Tsvetanov.

The National Programme for Energy Efficiency of Multi-family Residential Buildings will depend on the next government which has to propose to Parliament an increase in the funding of the programme by  BGN 1B, announced on BNT Regional Minister Liliana Pavlova.

 Currently, the programme is temporarily stopped due to reaching the limit of current funding of BGN 1B.

Bulgarian Socialists have invited the other opposition political parties in Parliament for talks on potential joint action against the centre-right minority coalition government led by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has appointed Ivaylo Ivanov as Deputy Labour Minister, the government's press service informed on Friday.

Ivanov holds Master's degree in Finance and Credit from the Academy of Economics in Svishtov and Master in Law from the South-west University in Blagoevgrad.

Bulgarian MPs rejected a proposal of the opposition Socialist Party, which would have tasked Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov with asking the European Council to remove Russian MPs from the EU travel black lists.

The black list was drawn up in protest against Russia's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine.

Diversification of sources and routes of natural gas supply is among the top priorities of Bulgaria's government, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has said at a meeting with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has appointed Petya Tyankova as third Deputy Justice Minister, the government's press service informs.

Tyankova holds Master's degree in Law from the University of National and World Economy and another Master in Protection of the Environment and Sustainable Development from the University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy.