Latest News from Bulgaria
Bulgaria MP Committee to Debate on E-Voting
A committee with Bulgaria's Parliament is set to debate on Tuesday a draft bill that supports the introduction of online voting.
The head of Parliament's legal committee, Danail Kirilov (from the main ruling GERB party) is quoted by Dnevnik.bg as saying he will propose that amendments to electoral law should be adopted by the end of April to allow citizens to vote online.
Victoria Nuland Visiting Bulgaria on Tuesday
US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland is to meet Bulgarian officials this afternoon, the Bulgarian President's press office has said.
Energy, defense and the push for reform will reportedly be part of the agenda of her meetings.
Nuland is to talk with President Rosen Plevneliev at 15:00 local time (EET).
Prominent Bulgarian Wrestler Stanka Zlateva Announces Her Retirement
The prominent Bulgarian female freestyle wrestler Stanka Zlateva announced her retirement on Monday due to an injury in the back.
The treatment of the injury, which occurred in the summer of last year, was a lengthy one and it did not allow her to prepare for the forthcoming Olympic qualifications which are to take place in April.
DSB Leader Demands Probe into Construction of Bulgaria's Hemus Motorway
The leader of the Democrats for Strong Bulgaria (DSB) party, Radan Kanev, called on Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov to order an immediate investigation into the tender for the construction of Hemus motorway.
At a press conference on Monday, Kanev demanded the investigation to be performed by a publicly known prosecutor, daily Dnevnik quotes him as saying.
Dimitrov with Tough Victory against Lorenzi at Australian Open
Bulgaria's highest-ranking tennis player Grigor Dimitrov has won a tough match against Paolo Lorenzi (Italy), making it into the second round of Australian Open.
It took Dimitrov 2 h 27 min to defeat Lorenzi 6:3, 7:6 (8), 6:3, in a contested encounter against the world's No. 57.
Dimitrov has gradually slumped to No. 28 since the end of 2014, down from the Top 10.