Galab Donev

During a briefing at the Ministry of Energy, it was revealed that Bulgargaz intends to pursue legal action against Gazprom Export, seeking damages amounting to BGN 400 million. This decision stems from the termination of gas supplies to Bulgaria by the Russian company in 2022.

With the decisions of June 23, the Council of Ministers adopted a new package of military aid and military-technical assistance for Ukraine in the implementation of the decision of the National Assembly of December 9, 2022. This was reported by the government information service last night.

Acting Prime Minister Galab Donev called for continuity in the actions of the regular cabinet for everything achieved during the 10 months of administration:

Acting Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Galab Donev, reported on the work done by the caretaker cabinet at an open extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers.

At it, Donev presented a report on the results of the work of the caretaker cabinet in the period February 3 - June 5, 2023.

Today is June 1 - Children's Day. The holiday dates back to the World Conference on Children's Health, held in Geneva in 1925.

24 years later, the day was officially declared International Children's Day. And in 1950, June 1 was celebrated simultaneously in 51 countries around the world for the first time.

Prime Minister Galab Donev stated that the judicial reform should be considered as a comprehensive process, which does not end only with the replacement of the chief prosecutor.

"There are suspects in the attempted assassination of the Prosecutor General". This was announced by acting Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs Ivan Demerdzhiev at a briefing in the Council of Ministers, where a meeting of Prime Minister Galab Donev with representatives of the security services was held. However, he refused to give details.

An accident with the motorcade of the chief prosecutor Ivan Geshev occurred on the road between Sofia and Samokov. According to information from the National Television, the chief prosecutor was supposed to travel to Turkey. Before leaving, he decided to go to a meeting with junior prosecutors in the Samokov region.

Bulgaria imposes a temporary ban on food imports from Ukraine, with the exception of goods in transit. This was announced by acting Prime Minister Galab Donev at the beginning of today's government meeting. He recalled that significant quantities of Ukrainian food remained in Bulgaria.

His Holiness the Bulgarian Patriarch Neophytes led the festive Easter service in the Patriarchal Cathedral "St. Alexander Nevsky".

Shortly after midnight, His Holiness announced: "Christ is risen!".