Rumyana Bachvarova

The two main partners in Bulgaria´s minority government will not agree on a single nomination to take over as Justice Minister, as Hristo Ivanov resigned after Parliament voted to approve a reform package for the judiciary system.

Tsveta Karayancheva, an MP from the main ruling GERB party, told reporters on Thursday her party would put forward its own candidate.

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov expects junior coalition partners the Reformist Bloc to nominate a new Justice Minister following the resignation of Hristo Ivanov,  Deputy Prime Minister Rumyana Bachvarova has said.

Interior Minister Rumyana Bachvarova said during the regular parliamentary control on Friday that the migratory flow through Bulgaria has increased by nearly two and a half times this year.

In comparison, Bachvarova noted that there was a five-sixfold increase in Europe, daily Dnevnik informs.

According to Interior Minister Rumyana Bachvarova, no direct threat exists for Bulgaria from a potential escalation of tensions between Russia and Turkey over the downed Russian warplane.

The relations between Moscow and Ankara have worsened since the downing of the Russian Su-24 bomber by Turkish fighter jets near the Turkish-Syrian border on Tuesday.

Bulgaria and its allies in NATO and the EU are interested in fast de-escalation of the tensions resulting from the downing of a Russian warplane by Turkish Air Force, the government in Sofia said on Wednesday.

The Bulgarian interior ministry has devised a strategy on countering the radicalisation of terrorism (2015-2020).

The strategy points to extremism and radicalisation as threatening the founding values of the EU - democracy, human rights, freedom and the rule of law.

Police and municipal authorities are stepping up security measures in Sofia in the wake of Friday's Paris terror attacks, bTV reported on Monday.

Interior Minister Rumyana Bachvarova and Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova have discussed an increase of police presence at public places in which large numbers of people gather.

Bulgaria will heighten its security measures after the series of attacks in Paris on Friday night, which claimed the lives of at least 127 people and left at least 180 others injured.

This became clear after an extraordinary high-level meeting on security and migration at the interior ministry, which had been summoned by Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov on Saturday.

The reforms proposed by the Bulgarian government foresee the restructuring of the interior ministry.

This became clear in the explanations of Interior Minister Rumyana Bachvarova after her participation in a meeting of the parliamentary Internal Security and Public Order Committee on Tuesday.

A Bulgarian parliament commission will hold a hearing of top Interior Ministry officials about last week's protests by members of police force on Tuesday.

A sitting of the Home Security and Public Order Commission  is scheduled to start at 3 p.m.(1300 GMT).