Political engineering

Commenting on the TV licences to radio station Praktorio 104.9 FM, State Minister Nikos Pappas on Tuesday said: “We are awaiting the decisions. Meanwhile, we are moving ahead according as planned. The tender has been completed, and it has brought a larger than expected sum to the state revenues.

All of our constitutions somehow seem as if they were brought by storks. What I mean is they are brought effortlessly, without a struggle, with no contribution from the ground, dropped from the air?

The European Commission has approved operational programs Good Governance and Science and Education for Smart Growth for the 2014-2020 programming period, according to the press office of the Bulgarian government.

Operational program Good Governance, which is the successor of the Administrative Capacity OP and the Technical Assistance OP, is worth over EUR 335 M.

The Bulgarian Cabinet adopted on Wednesday the government's programme on stable development of the country for the period 2014-2018.

The governance programme has been devised in accordance with the coalition agreement for the formation of a pro-European reformist government for the sustainable development of Bulgaria, the government's press service reports.

A non-profit initiative founded to improve the quality of governance in Turkey has attracted a significant donation from the private sector, as the country faces several challenges on the issue.

The Constitutional Court has unanimously rejected individual applications filed by Kenan Evren and Tahsin Şahinkaya, the two 1980 military court leaders convicted to life imprisonment last week. The applications had been made on the grounds that Evren and Şahinkaya suffered “rights violations” during their trial.

An Ankara court June 18 sentenced the two key defendants in the case of the Sept. 12, 1980 military coup d’état to life in prison.