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Bulgaria's President: Buying New Fighter Jets Urgent [Apr 11, 2012] Bulgaria needs to modernize its air force urgently in order to guarantee its national security and alliance commitments, according to President Rosen Plevneliev. The President, who is by Constitution, the commander-in-chief of the Bulgarian armed forces, spoke at a Military Aviation Conference in Sofia dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Bulgarian Air Force. Plevneliev noted several major ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Help Tunisia Create New Constitution [Feb 27, 2012] Bulgaria will offer technical assistance to Tunisia in its efforts to write a new constitution, Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov announced during his visit to the North African country. On Monday, Borisov claimed that he has become the first EU Prime Minister to visit Tunisia since the Arab Spring broke out, adding that he hoped Bulgaria and Tunisia to develop successful bilateral ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Almost Certainly to Enshrine 'Financial Stability' into Constitution by End-June [May 28, 2011] Bulgaria's Parliament will adopt novel amendments to its Constitution known as a "Financial Stability Pact" by the end of June 2011, the institution's head Tsetska Tsacheva announced with a high degree of certainty. The Financial Stability Pact, a brainchild of Bulgarian Finance Minister Simeon Djankov, is seen as a novel but controversial approach to guarantee state fiscal stability through the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to enshrine 'debt alert mechanism' in constitution [Feb 24, 2011] EU newcomer Bulgaria became the first country to try to adopt internally a series of measures emulating the EU 'Competitiveness Pact' proposed by France and Germany, including adding to the country's constitution a 'debt alert mechanism'. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Enshrine 'Debt Alert Mechanism' in Constitution [Feb 24, 2011] EurActiv EU newcomer Bulgaria became the first country to try to adopt internally a series of measures emulating the EU 'Competitiveness Pact' proposed by France and Germany, including adding to the country's constitution a 'debt alert mechanism'. Bulgarian Finance Minister Simeon Djankov presented on 22 February plans for a 'Pact for Financial Stability'. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Constitutional Spending Cap to Help Euro, Djankov Says [Feb 15, 2011] Bulgaria?s euro adoption efforts will get a boost from government plans to include spending limits in the country?s constitution, Finance Minister Simeon Djankov said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Marks 20 Years since Convention of Constitutional Assembly [Jul 09, 2010] Bulgaria's Parliament is holding a special sitting commemorating 20 years since the convening of the Grand National Assembly in 1990 which led to the country's current Constitution. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ombudsman: No Reasons to Impeach President (Novinite.com) [Mar 29, 2010] Bulgaria's Ombudsman, Ginio Ganev, is adamant that there aren't any sound reasons to impeach President, Georgi Parvanov, over violations of the Constitution or treason. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Prosecutor: Military Courts Are Redundant (Novinite.com) [Mar 27, 2010] Bulgaria's Deputy Chief Prosecutor, Galina Toneva, has called for a change in the constitution to restructure Military courts and prosecution offices. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ruling GERB Unwavering about Impeaching President (Novinite.com) [Mar 13, 2010] Bulgaria?s Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov, is firm the President had violated the Constitution and must be impeached. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Rightist Leader: President Needs to Be Taught Lesson (Novinite.com) [Mar 11, 2010] Bulgaria?s President Georgi Parvanov has to understand that he cannot violate the constitution, said Blue Coalition leader Ivan Kostov. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Govt to Propose Inquiry over President Transcript Scandal (Novinite.com) [Mar 10, 2010] Bulgaria?s governing GERB party will require the creation of a parliamentary committee of inquiry to investigate whether President Georgi Parvanov breached the constitution in the ?transcript scandal?. [via YahooNews] More >>