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Environment committee votes to scrap car registration product fee
MPs on parliament's environment committee are voting today, in the second reading, on changes that would end the product fee when cars are registered.
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Election commission: the printout from the machines is now a control receipt, not a ballot
Printouts from the machines will not be printed at the 25 October elections, and in case of a malfunction, the precinct commission decides on its own…
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Denkov calls on Bulgaria to invoke NATO's Article 4 over drone attacks
The head of the PP parliamentary group warned of a possible fuel crisis if the Black Sea is closed. He proposed asking NATO for radars and missiles.
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Ministers discuss deal with Turkey on new Kapitan Andreevo border crossing
The government is considering an agreement with Turkey on border crossings and a new crossing, Kapitan Andreevo-Kapikule-North.
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Kochani prosecutors ask court to jail Iva Mihaylova, who is in Bulgaria
If the court agrees, North Macedonia will issue an international arrest warrant and ask Bulgaria to extradite the 23-year-old woman.
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Radev asks EU and NATO for joint action against attacks on ships in the Black Sea
Prime minister Rumen Radev spoke with Ursula von der Leyen and Mark Rutte, and will raise the issue at the European Council on 15 and 16 October.
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Karakachanov calls for urgent talks with Turkey and Romania over Black Sea
VMRO leader Karakachanov says Bulgaria should lead diplomatic efforts to stop the fighting in the Black Sea.
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Members of the SEC in Burgas to be trained from 19 to 21 October
The REC in Burgas has published the schedule for five training sessions for members of the section commissions before the presidential elections on…
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Foreign minister Velislava Petrova to discuss Black Sea security with Wadephul in Berlin
Foreign minister Velislava Petrova will travel to Berlin tomorrow for a working visit and meet her German counterpart Johann Wadephul, the Foreign…
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Two more unmanned systems will monitor the Black Sea, minister Stoyanov announced
Minister of Defence Dimitar Stoyanov said that Bulgaria has no right to fire outside the territorial sea.
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Yotova agrees to take part in BNT debate before runoff
BNT is ready to host and moderate a debate between the two tickets in the second round of the presidential election. Iliana Yotova has confirmed she…
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DPS raises EU budget and Demerdzhiev's actions with ECR in Brussels
A DPS delegation met ECR co-chair Patryk Jaki and presented cases in which it accuses interior minister Ivan Demerdzhiev.
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North Macedonia opposition calls on ministers to resign over Iva Mihaylova
The opposition SDSM and LDP want North Macedonia's government to take responsibility because Mihaylova, a Bulgarian woman on trial in Kochani, is in…
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MEPs on defence committee to visit Sofia and Varna after attacks on ships
A delegation from the European Parliament's defence committee will visit Sofia and Varna within two weeks, following attacks on merchant ships off…
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Dental association to appeal national framework contract it did not sign
The National Council of the Bulgarian Dental Association (BAPZG) has authorised its chair, Diana Georgieva, to appeal the National Framework Contract…