Legislative changes
Tourism group wants subsidies and new rules for school trips
The "Future for Tourism" group proposes that school trips be added to school curricula, and that parents pay the tour operator only by bank transfer.
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Legislative changes
News about adopted, proposed, or debated changes in laws, regulations, and legal frameworks.
Legislative changes
Legislative changes
Cabinet gives another €250m to municipal projects through regional development ministry
This is the second payment for 2026, after the first in August. The programme for the year provides for up to €600m.
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Prodanov: Constitutional Court's unanimous budget ruling is a failure for the opposition
Budget committee chairman Konstantin Prodanov called the Constitutional Court's ruling on the 2026 budget a win for financial stability.
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Government approves changes to public finance law for eurozone
A new key gauge, growth in net primary spending, will guide Bulgaria's budget policy in the short and medium term.
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Government wants to scrap licences for airport ground handling firms
Airport ground handling firms would file a declaration instead of getting a licence, if parliament passes the law.
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Constitutional Court does not strike down 2026 budget, but cancels two provisions
Bulgaria's Constitutional Court rejected a request to scrap the whole budget, but struck down the provisions on length of service and on pay for…
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Petkova: Constitutional Court ruling lets the cabinet run a deficit at will
Temenuzhka Petkova of GERB-SDS says the Constitutional Court's ruling on the 2026 budget sets a precedent. In her view, any budget could now carry a…
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Kostadin Angelov wants new laws to keep generic drugs in Bulgaria
The chair of parliament's health committee says frequent changes to the medicine laws could force some drugs off the market.
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Government to discuss payments for parents whose children have no nursery place
The cabinet will consider two draft decrees on payments to parents whose children were refused a place in council-run nurseries because of a shortage…
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Constitutional Court keeps 2026 budget but strikes down minimum wage freeze
Bulgaria's Constitutional Court has rejected a request to scrap the entire budget, but ruled that changes to the Labour Code and the pay formula for…
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Pharmacists want illegal sale of medicines made a crime
Five groups are calling for changes to the Criminal Code. The Bulgarian Pharmaceutical Union also proposes that pharmacists with a master's degree be…
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MPs halve guarantees for waste organizations
Parliament passed changes to the Waste Management Act at second reading. The product fee for cars remains.
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Second reading: trains to be registered only in European register
Under changes to the Railway Transport Act, details of rail vehicles will be entered in the European register, not a national one.
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Parliament backs AI checks on questionable disability panel decisions in first reading
MPs passed the bill unanimously. People will be able to file documents to the TELK panels online, without a qualified electronic signature.
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Bulgarian MPs back prison and fines for breaking EU sanctions
Parliament's legal affairs committee has approved changes to the Criminal Code at second reading. Breaking or getting around EU sanctions will become…