Politics notices and news from Bulgaria.
Bulgaria is the only one of 14 countries surveyed where a majority of respondents regard Russia as their most important strategic partner rather than a threat, while the country also records the weakest support for EU and NATO membership, according to the annual GLOBSEC Trends 2026: The Reality Chec
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The Bulgarian government has agreed to withdraw its controversial amendments to the Personal Assistance Act following protests by mothers of children with disabilities and opposition criticism, with the decision announced after a meeting at the Ministry of Finance in Sofia. The meeting brought toget
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Bulgaria's Commission for Protection of Competition (CPC) has opened proceedings against another major retail chain and is examining eight suspected cartel agreements, while also investigating unfair trading practices and misleading claims about the Bulgarian origin of goods, CPC representative Zhel
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Mothers of children and adults with severe disabilities protested outside Bulgaria's National Assembly against proposed amendments to the Personal Assistance Act, warning that the changes would strip personal assistants of basic labor and social security rights to reduce public spending at the expen
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The General Assembly of Sofia University's Faculty of Slavic Studies has adopted declarations opposing two draft laws submitted by the Vazrazhdane (Revival) party to Parliament, one regulating the use of the Bulgarian language and the other requiring the registration of so-called foreign agents. Reg
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Vazrazhdane (Revival) leader Kostadin Kostadinov called for a boycott of Kaufland from the parliamentary rostrum and urged the Prosecutor's Office to investigate the retail chain. Speaking in Parliament this morning, Kostadinov, who chairs the Vazrazhdane parliamentary group, said the party was maki
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GERB leader Boyko Borissov has accused oligarchs close to Rumen Radev of targeting the properties owned by major retail chains in Bulgaria, warning that pressure on the businesses could push the country back toward communist-era state monopolies. Borissov argued that the hypermarket chains own some
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Bulgaria supported the French initiative on key principles of European security but submitted reservations over the wording of its declaration, Prime Minister Rumen Radev said, according to the government press office, following early reports that Sofia had not signed the document adopted in Dublin.
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Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev has called for Ukraine's and Russia's interests to be considered in any settlement of the war, arguing that this is essential to achieving lasting peace, while urging Europe to secure a place at the negotiating table. "We must defend Ukraine's interests, and we m
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Sofia City Prosecutor's Office has filed a new indictment against Varna Mayor Blagomir Kotsev, accusing him of attempting to knowingly conclude an unfavorable deal while serving as regional governor of Varna between April 1 and August 2, 2022, the prosecution service announced. The case concerns a c
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