Veto

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev is not considering to impose veto on the issue of new BGN 16 B debt, which was approved by Parliament on Wednesday.

Plevneliev announced this after his participation at the awards ceremony of the Bulgarian forum of business leaders on Wednesday, daily Dnevnik reports.

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev said that he supports the responsible approach of the local government to refinance old debt throughnew credits contracted on much better terms.

The affirmation was made in an interview for 24 chasa daily.

As a controversial bill on higher education enters its second reading in Macedonia's parliament this week, protesting students and profssors are appealing to President Gjorge Ivanov - a former political studies professor - to end his silence.

Campaigners against bilingual signs say the court decision vetoing a referendum on the issue is not a total blow to their cause.

Lawmakers upheld a veto on amendments to the Competition Protection Act imposed by Bulgaria's President Rosen Plevneliev.

Friday's vote was the first time the current Parliament did not reject a presidential veto, with a total of nine motions (including the successful one) having been issued in just over a year.

Bulgarian MPs will again discuss the Ministry of Interior Bill which was adopted in end-May, and was vetoed by President Rosen Plevneliev.

After the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) and the Ataka party rejected the veto, the bill will be put up for discussion again, Wednesday, Nova Tv reports.

The Bulgarian Parliament voted against President Plevneliev's veto on amendments to the Audit Office Act.

Bulgarian Parliament's Budget and Finance Committee overturned Monday the veto imposed by President Rosen Plevneliev to amendments to the Audit Office Act.