Bulgaria and the Euro: What Happens to National Monetary Sovereignty?
One of the most debated topics around Bulgaria’s upcoming transition from the lev to the euro is whether the country is giving up its sovereignty
The Bulgarian court which will consider the case of the terrorist act at Bourgas Airport allowed submitting of civil claims for a record amount of over BGN 200 mln on behalf of nearly 50 victims against the two suspects, reported the Bulgarian National Television.
On 18th of July, 2012, a bomb exploded in a bus with Israeli tourists just arriving for their vacation in the Bulgarian coastal city of Bourgas. The blast killed five Israeli citizens, a Bulgarian bus driver and 35 people were injured. The seventh victim was the bomber himself.
The two suspects accused in-abstenia are Meliad Farah, holder of Australian passport and Hassan El Hajj Hassan, a Canadian passport-holder and Lebanese citizenship.
A year since the first sitting was scheduled, the court managed to properly summon the relatives of the victims in Israel and other witnesses. However, it was expected that the sitting might be postponed because lawyers would be absent.
Israeli citizens, as well as the relatives of the murdered driver Mustafa Kyosov, were also accepted as private prosecutors in the case. The court did not allow financial claims to be made to Hezbollah's Military Wing, although some of the victims had such claims. The reason is that there is no evidence in the indictment that the two defendants acted on the order of the Lebanese Shiite group.
Brussels has unofficially warned Bulgaria’s Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova that the country’s euro adoption process could be suspended, according to BGNES, citing Nova TV.
"Everyone wants positions – in regulatory bodies and ministries," he emphasized.
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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