Bulgaria is not yet ready to give greenlight to North Macedonia for starting EU membership negotiations. Our country continues to hold firmly to three conditions which to be included in the negotiating framework before it has been approved on 10 November at the General Affairs Council by the Foreign Affairs Ministers.

Bulgaria carried out a comprehensive judicial reform. This conclusion underlies the monitoring report of the European Commission for the country, which was presented on Wednesday (See here).

“There is no alternative to the United Nations in developing international law and multilateral cooperation. Moreover, in the current situation of coronavirus pandemic, the world more than ever needs the UN as a moral leader,” stated Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov in his speech during the General Debate of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly, which is being held virtually due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the press service of the Council of Ministers announced.

The Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has declared two Russian diplomats to Sofia persona non grata, the ministry announced on 23 September. The Russian embassy has been notified via an official note. The two diplomats have 72 hours to leave the country.

A Bulgaria’s court on Monday sentenced two men to life in prison over a deadly 2012 bus bomb attack on Israeli tourists at the country's Burgas airport, AFP reported from Sofia.

Hristo Ivanov is a master of behind-the-scenes’ behaviour, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov commented in a Facebook live, and next to him were standing the Speaker of the National Assembly Tsveta Karayancheva and GERB's PG chairman Daniela Daritkova.

The Prime Minister Boyko Borissov proposes convening a Grand National Assembly and adopting amendments to the Constitution. He announced this by a Facebook video clip. They will propose decreasing the number of MPs from 240 to 120, as well as changes in the Supreme Judicial Council.

In the aftermath of President Rumen Radev inciting the Bulgarian people to rebel, outraged citizens have started a petition against him. Thousands have already signed it, supporting the impeachment of the head of state, who essentially called for a civil war.

The National Assembly rejected here on Tuesday the fifth motion for a vote of no-confidence in Prime Minister Boyko Borissov's third Cabinet. The motion was rejected by 124 votes with 102 voting in favour and eleven abstaining.
The no-confidence vote was tabled last week by the Socialists over corruption. The debates were held on Monday.

The ruling coalition remains stable and will continue to govern as presently constructed until the completion of its term. This was the news that came out of the meeting between GERB and its coalition partners held at the Council of Ministers building on 16 July. The ruling coalition’s priority is to survive the upcoming motion of no confidence. However, the statements of all three party leaders – Boyko Borissov, Valeri Simeonov and Krasimir Karakachanov – indicate that a significant cabinet reshuffle is on the horizon.