Новости за 26.01.2017

Frank-Walter Steinmeier will hand over officially his powers as Foreign Minister to Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel on January 27.

Sofia’s municipal councillors adopted the budget of the city for 2017 after a three-hour discussion.

The currency of the Euro zone will not collapse – neither now, nor in the next 20 years, stated on Thursday the European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici.

Austrian police have arrested 11 people suspected of links to the terrorist organisation Islamic state, reported Austria’s information agency APA, citing the Prosecutor’s Office.

EU Interior Ministers are discussing plans for the financing of refugee centres in Africa at a meeting in Malta.

In an open letter, the Greens have called on President Rumen Radev to impose a veto on the Concessions Act adopted by Parliament in its last few working days.

Code Yellow has been declared for all of Bulgaria for January 27 due to low temperatures.

The British government has submitted a draft bill which will allow it to initiate the legal procedure for the exit of the UK from the European Union.

Social Democrat Martin Schulz would receive the same level of support as German Chancellor Angela Merkel if voters could vote directly for the head of government, showed a survey of ARD TV carried out on Wednesday, cited by Reuters.

Greece’s Supreme Court has ruled against the extradition of 8 Turkish soldiers accused by the Turkish government of participating in the unsuccessful coup attempt in July last year.

The Bulgarian Prosecutor's Office has said it accepts the conclusions and observations of the monitoring report on the country's judiciary and anti-corruption efforts as realistic and well-founded.

Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel plans to visit Turkey on February 2, reported AFP, citing information from the Turkish Foreign ministry.

Bulgarian journalists have reportedly received threats from farmers near the Greek city of Seres.

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has promosed to support the incoming caretaker government of Bulgaria that is due to take over on Friday.

A motley Bulgarian Parliament ended its last session on Thursday before noontime, adopting several pieces of legislation.

Lawmakers in Bulgaria have passed legislation giving creditors the right to ask courts to issue a European distraint order for debtors' assets.

Greek farmers may be preparing to stage a blockade on their country's border with Bulgaria, a Greece-based Bulgarian journalist says.

Outgoing Justice Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva has said a workgroup will come up with a plan on how to implement recommendations contained in the European Commission report on Bulgaria's judiciary and anti-corruption measures.

Magistrates from the Sofia Regional Court will take to the streets to demonstrate over the refusal to appoint a chair ad interim.

Magistrates from the Sofia Regional Court will take to the streets to demonstrate over the refusal to appoint a chair ad interim.

Stoyan Yanchev will be the new Chief Executive Offier of Bulgargaz, the country's public natural gas supplier, the Bulgarian National Radio reports.

Lawmakers in Bulgaria will hold their last plenary session before the current legislature is disbanded.