Interior Minister Vesselin Vouchkov resigned on Wednesday after his proposal to replace the Chief Secretary of the Interior Ministry was apparently rejected by Prime Minister Boyko Borissov. Opposition members described the resignation as a sign of instability in the government, but the incumbents denied the claim. Vouchkov's reason to push for the replacement of Interior Ministry Chief Secretary Svetoslav Lazarov was that the new Interior Ministry Act has set new requirements for holders of the office, which Lazarov does not meet. Vouchkov said he was resigning because he did not accept a position paper by the Legal Affairs Committee of the Council of Ministers regarding the next steps in implementing the new Interior Ministry Act vis-а-vis the Chief Secretary, said Deputy Prime Minister for Coalition Policy and Public Administration Roumyana Buchvarova, speaking to journalists.
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Sofia - March 4 (BTA) - After meeting with Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, FBI Director James B. Comey, who is visiting Bulgaria on Wednesday, said: "In...
Sofia - March 1 (BTA) - A German-Bulgarian opera festival will open the door to cooperation in business and tourism. The initiative was presented Sunday by its authors, Director of the Sofia Opera and Ballet Academician Plamen Kartalov and Mayor of the German City of Fuessen Paul Iacob.
Sofia - February 25 (BTA) - One of the first augmented reality films in the world is made by Bulgarian authors Teodor Oushev and Georgi Gospodinov, the film's team said. The animated film "Blind Vaisha," where the experimental technology Oculus Rift is going to be used, will be shown in Europe and Canada in 2015.
Sofia - February 19 (BTA) - A record high number of griffon vulture pairs, 75, have been spotted in Bulgaria's Eastern Rhodopes during the regular monitoring of the species, the Rewilding Europe project reported Thursday. It is five more pairs from last year.
