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Bulgaria MPs to Vote Ban on Hydrofracking Technology [Jan 18, 2012] Bulgaria's parliament will vote on Wednesday the proposed ban on the use of hydrofracking technology in the extraction and exploration of gas and oil in Bulgaria. The text is included in a draft proposal of the Parliamentary group of the ruling, center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria party, GERB. The proposal points out that the ban includes the use any technology involving ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Mulls Permanent Ban on Hydrofracking Technology [Jan 17, 2012] The ban on the use of hydrofracking technology in the extraction and exploration of gas and oil in Bulgaria will be permanent. The text is included in a draft proposal of the Parliamentary group of the ruling, center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria party, GERB, which will be submitted in the Parliament on Wednesday. The proposal points out that the ban includes the use any ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Rulers Go for Temporary Ban on Shale Gas Exploration [Jan 16, 2012] Bulgaria's ruling center-right party GERB has decided to approve a temporary moratorium on the exploration and extraction of shale gas amidst a day after mass protest rallies took place in 12 Bulgarian cities over the issue. Thus, the Parliamentary Group of the GERB party will accept the proposals of the opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party, the nationalist party Ataka, and the marginal ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Ruling GERB Outlines 2012 Priorities [Jan 11, 2012] Maintaining low deficit and financial stability, reforms in the health care and social sectors, application of new anti-corruption measures, are all among the priorities for 2012 outlined by the Parliamentary group of Bulgaria's ruling GERB party. The Chair of the group, Krasimir Velchev, who spoke Wednesday during the first session after the Members of the Parliament returned from their winter ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Azerbaijan to Start Parliamentary Cooperation [Sep 18, 2011] Bulgaria and Azerbaijan are set to establish an inter-parliamentary group for friendship, according to Azerbaijani diplomatic sources. Azerbaijan attaches great importance to inter-parliamentary relations with Bulgaria and is ready to take necessary steps in this direction, diplomatic sources are quotes as saying by the Baku-based news agency Trend. The Bulgaria-Azerbaijan inter-parliamentary ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's GERB Mulls Halting MPs Vacation over Fuel Saga [Aug 01, 2011] The ruling, center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria, GERB, party is prepared to halt the vacation of the Members of the Parliament over the Lukoil crisis. The news was announced by the Deputy Chair of the GERB Parliamentary Group, Valentin Nikolov, saying an emergency meeting can be called if the fuel crisis deepens after the revocation of the license of the only refinery in ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Ruling GERB Firmly Behind Interior Minister [Jul 15, 2011] The parliamentary group of Bulgaria's ruling Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria, GERB, party issued a declaration in support of Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister, Tsvetan Tsvetanov. The Friday declaration that GERB is standing firm behind Tsvetanov comes on the heels of news the opposition is submitting a no-confidence vote against the cabinet. The opposition, led by the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Rulers Tangled in Conflict over Social Security Institute [Jul 13, 2011] A Member of Parliament form Bulgaria's ruling center-right party GERB, Svetlana Angelova, has been nominated to run the country's National Social Security Institute (NOI). Angelova has been nominated by the Parliamentary Group of GERB. She is currently the deputy head of the Parliamentary Committee on Social Policy. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Ruling Party 'Optimistic' about Minimum Salary, Pension Raise [May 31, 2011] Bulgaria's Labor Minister Totyu Mladenov has joined the chorus of senior government officials declaring that they are "highly optimistic" about the prospects of raising the minimum. "We are all optimistic," Mladenov told reporters after taking part in a meeting of the parliamentary group of the ruling center-right party GERB. The government has been toying with the idea of raising the budget ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Social Security Head Resigns under Pressure [May 17, 2011] The head of Bulgaria's Social Security Institute (NOI) Hristina Mitreva has submitted her resignation despite her firm determination to remain at the post. The news was broken by Valentin Nikolov, deputy chairman of the parliamentary group of the ruling party GERB. "Mitreva stated at the meeting of the parliamentary group that she has always acted professionally.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Nationalist Party Hit by Defection [Dec 10, 2010] The parliamentary group of Bulgarian nationalist party Ataka, a key ally of the minority center-right government, suffered the defection of one of its members, shrinking to twenty. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Health Care Still Running on Autopilot [Apr 14, 2010] The co-Chair of the parliamentary group of the ruling Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) party, Iskra Fidosova informed Tuesday that the Parliament had not yet received the cabinet's nomination for new Health Minister and documentation for the discharge of Bozhidar Nanev, who resigned as such on March 30. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Ruling GERB Withdraws GMO Ban Proposal (Novinite.com) [Mar 18, 2010] The parliamentary group of the ruling Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) had withdrawn their project to impose a 5-year ban on growing GMO on Bulgarian soil. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Government Proposes 5-Year Ban on GM Crop Trials (Novinite.com) [Feb 05, 2010] After a meeting of the Parliamentary Group of the center-right governing GERB party, Group Co-Chair, Iskra Fidosova, announced that GM crop trials should be banned for 5 years on the territory of Bulgaria. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Parliament to Vote on Cabinet Reshuffle in 1 Week (Novinite.com) [Jan 20, 2010] Bulgaria?s Parliament is to vote on the changes in the GERB cabinet on January 27, the co-Chair of the GERB parliamentary group Iskra Fidosova informs. [via YahooNews] More >>

Small Opposition Party Sets out to Topple Bulgaria Govt (Novinite.com) [Jan 10, 2010] Bulgaria's conservative Order, Law and Justice (RZS) party, which recently saw the demise of its parliamentary group and withdrew its support for the center-right government, has voiced plans to overthrow it. [via YahooNews] More >>