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07/11/2025

Gunvor Corporate Affairs Director Seth Pietras said in response that the Treasury's statement was fundamentally misinformed and false.

Swiss commodity trader Gunvor has withdrawn its proposal to buy foreign assets of Russian energy company Lukoil after the US Treasury Department called Gunvor Russia's puppet and signalled that Washington opposes the deal, Reuters reported on Friday.

07/11/2025

“We had foreseen this long ago, because I have quite a bit more information than the others,” Borissov said.

Once the parties forming the parliamentary majority convene, someone will be chosen who can handle this task perfectly, GERB leader Boyko Borissov told journalists in Parliament here on Friday in response to a question about the appointment of a special commercial administrator at Lukoil Bulgaria. T...

06/11/2025

Later in the day, the GERB leader Borissov wrote on Facebook that government representatives and employer organizations held a meeting to discuss the predictability of economic policy and the need for a balance between fiscal discipline and support for entrepreneurship.

GERB-UDF Floor Leader Boyko Borissov said on Thursday that this year’s State Budget is a coalition budget and he will not allow the increase or decrease of people’s incomes to be tied to the euro adoption. “I have assessed that risk and I will not

06/11/2025

Asked whether she is considering running in the next presidential elections, Iotova said that she will think about it when the time comes.

Speaking to reporters here on Thursday, Vice President Iliana Iotova said that the 2026 draft state budget can be a threat to all Bulgarians and the national economy, as "it only contains tables that shift funds from one pocket to the other".

06/11/2025

If no candidate receives the required majority, the National Assembly will launch a new procedure for the election.

The National Assembly Thursday approved, with 180 votes in favour, none against, and 16 abstentions, the procedural rules for nominating and electing the next Director General of the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA). The decision was the first item on

06/11/2025

Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov expressed hope that dialogue between social partners will be renewed, after employer organizations did not attend Wednesday’s meeting of the National Council for Tripartite Cooperation, which was scheduled to discuss the three draft budgets for 2026 - the State Budget, the budget of the Public Social Insurance, and the budget of the National Health Insurance Fund.

Zhelyazkov made the statement during the celebration of Metallurgist’s Day at the InterContinental Sofia Hotel, organized by the Bulgarian Association of the Metallurgical Industry in partnership with the University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy.

He emphasized that no government can work in isolation or for its own sake. "Today also shows that, the fact that organized employers did not attend the meeting is also a form of dialogue. I believe we will emerge stronger from this situation and that next week we will be able to speak of a truly effective dialogue," the Prime Minister said.

06/11/2025

GERB-UDF Floor Leader Boyko Borissov said that this year’s State Budget is a coalition budget and he will not allow the increase or decrease of people’s incomes to be tied to the euro adoption. “I have assessed that risk and I will not allow it,” Borissov told journalists in the corridors of Parliament. He announced that a meeting with employers’ organisations on the matter will take place👉

GERB-UDF Floor Leader Boyko Borissov said on Thursday that this year’s State Budget is a coalition budget and he will not allow the increase or decrease of people’s incomes to be tied to the euro adoption. “I have assessed that risk and I will not allow it,” Borissov told journalists in the ...

05/11/2025

The operation aims to track and neutralize illegal trafficking of people, narcotics, and excise goods through the country. According to Chief Commissioner Zlatanov, the operation is ongoing.

A large-scale international operation targeting organized crime is underway at several border checkpoints and crossings across Bulgaria, involving representatives from the US, the UK, Frontex, Europol, and several European countries including

05/11/2025

Parliament rejected Vazrazhdane's proposal that the new committee's inquiry should include the Open Society, America for Bulgaria, Friedrich Ebert, Hanns Seidel, and Konrad Adenauer foundations.

05/11/2025

The suspension of part of the funds is related to the failure to date to meet the target of ensuring a politically independent Anti-Corruption Commission.

The European Commission (EC) confirmed that it has decided to temporarily suspend the payment of EUR 215 million from Bulgaria's Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP). On Monday, the payment of EUR 439 million to Bulgaria was approved, a spokesperson for the EC told BTA on Wednesday.

05/11/2025

The report on Turkiye says that while the country remains a candidate country and key partner for the EU, the deterioration of democratic standards, judicial independence, and fundamental rights has yet to be addressed.

Reacting to the European Commission's latest progress report on Turkiye, the country's Foreign Ministry categorically rejected what it called the "biased, prejudiced, and baseless allegations regarding the judiciary, fundamental rights, and domestic

05/11/2025

The UK sanctions list includes Delyan Peevski, Ilko Zhelyazkov, a former deputy head of the Office for Control of Special Surveillance Means, and disgraced gambling mogul Vassil Bojkov. All of them were designated in October 2023 under the UK Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021.

GERB leader Boyko Borissov said in Parliament on Wednesday that he had personally discussed with UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron the removal of Bulgarian nationals from the British sanctions list.