Bulgarian MEP

Addressing the European Parliament (EP) on Thursday, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi encouraged Skopje and Sofia to redouble their efforts to find a mutually acceptable solution to the pending bilateral issues. The EP is expected to vote later in the day on the progress reports on North Macedonia and three other Western Balkan countries.

Ljubljana – The European Parliament’s Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights Monitoring Group held a virtual public discussion on media freedom in Slovenia on Friday featuring representatives from Slovenia and the European Commission. Group members expressed concern about the situation and their expectations for the Commission to take action.

The European Parliament's Democracy Monitoring Group is today discussing the organisation of a mission to look into corruption and the rule of law in Bulgaria. This was announced by Bulgarian MEP Elena Yoncheva, who is the only Bulgarian representative in the group chaired by the Dutch MEP from "Renew Europe" Sophie in't Veld, reported BNT. The group includes 14 MEPs.

As one of the MEPs who worked most actively on the creation and distribution of the European Fund for Strategic Investments under the Juncker Plan, I am proud that Bulgaria ranks fourth in the European Union in terms of attracted investment in terms of gross domestic product.

A new European directive recommends that Member States start implementing the debt-forgiving regulations - a bankruptcy procedure, not only for companies but also for citizens - as soon as possible.

In fact, Bulgaria is the only country in the EU where no personal bankruptcy mechanism has yet been put in place and, unlike business, consumers are becoming life-long debtors.

The EU is a long-term guarantor of the quality and stability of our economy, says the MEP, reported NOVA TV. 

"The majority of Bulgarian and European citizens have clearly said that the change of time by one hour ahead and back has a negative impact on them, so MEPs have united behind the citizens and asked that this clock rotation should stop 2021. "This was stated by Eva Maydell on the occasion of the vote on the European Parliament's position on the subject.

Three Bulgarian students were among the winners of the Space Tube project supported by Microsoft, Airbus and 3M. Students from several European countries, including Bulgaria, were provoked to test their knowledge and explore space, the press service of GERB said.

The euro bank transfer fees to be levied by banks for the service will drop dramatically from December 2019. This is possible after almost a year of talks led by the Bulgarian MEP Eva Maydell. The changes apply to money transfers to and from countries in the EU.

Sofia. Fees for money transfers in euro to and from Bulgaria will decrease drastically, Bulgarian MEP Eva Maydell (GERB/EPP), who presented a report on the matter to the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, told Focus Radio.