Bulgarians Join Balkan Protest Against Soaring Food Prices
Bulgaria has joined Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro in organizing protests against rising food prices
Bulgaria’s President Rosen Plevneliev has sent back to Parliament for further consideration parts of recent changes to the Electoral Code that set restrictions on voting outside the country.
More specifically, the presidential veto [BG] concerns changes to Article 14 which, according to Plevneliev, put at disadvantage Bulgarian expats on account of their place of residence.
"I cannot accept the legislature to create mutually exclusive rules reproducing mutually exclusive policies," Plevneliev said in the motives to the veto.
Limits to the number of polling stations than can be opened in Bulgarian embassies and consulates will make it more difficult to vote for Bulgarians living abroad.
"The [Electoral] Code should ensure fair elections both at home and abroad, and I support any democratic change in that direction. However, this should not come at the cost of unequal treatment of Bulgarian citizens living beyond the borders of Bulgaria, " Plevneliev said.
“The attempt to to fight poor electoral practices must not create national disunity,” he added.
Bulgaria’s toll system now has the technical capability to track average vehicle speeds, as announced by the National Toll Management following a meeting with Regional Development Minister Violeta Koritarova.
The income required to cover living expenses for a working individual and a three-member family with a child under 14 has remained almost unchanged compared to June, according to an analysis by the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CI
The Council of Ministers has adopted a resolution to set the minimum wage at 1,077 leva, reflecting a 15.
Every 20 minutes, fire alerts are received from across Bulgaria.
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