Maya Manolova

The participants in a national meeting dedicated to security in schools and kindergartens, vowed to step up security at educational establishments in Bulgaria.

The extraordinary meeting, which was organised by Deputy Prime Minister and Education Minister Meglena Kuneva, was held in Sofia on Monday.

Bills for hot water and heating should go down across Bulgaria starting April 01, energy regulator KEVR has said.

The state agency, whose abbreviation stands for Energy and Water Regulatory Commission, is making its new proposal in relation to a forthcoming drop in gas prices by nearly 23% from next month.

A former Justice Minister was approved by Parliament on Thursday as a Deputy to the National Ombudsman of Bulgaria.

Diana Kovacheva was unanimously supported by the 152 lawmakers present in the plenary hall.

Her candidacy was proposed by Maya Manolova, who assumed office in October of last year.

Bulgaria ranks 50th in the world and is among the least developed European countries as regards the participation of women in decision-making processes.

Bulgarian Ombudsman Maya Manolova stated this at a round-table discussion with the labour ministry on the gender equality bill held on Tuesday.

Bulgaria's Ombudsman Maya Manolova will propose to parliament to appoint former Justice Minister Diana Kovacheva as her deputy after Kovacheva scored best in a public hearing among five nominations put forward by local NGOs.

National Ombudsman Maya Manolova, who assumed office in the autumn, has said she is planning to carry out a thorough reform at her institution in the next year.

At a press conference where she summarized her two-month work on Monday, she said much effort will be put forth into making the Ombudsman closer to the everyday problems of Bulgarians.

Maya Manolova, a former socialist MP and one-time Deputy Parliament Speaker, has assumed her duties as the National Ombudsman of Bulgaria.

At a ceremony also attended by Orthodox Church Members, she has taken over from Kostantin Penchev.

The new Bulgarian ombudsman, Maya Manolova, will officially assume office on Tuesday in a short handover ceremony involving the incumbent holder of the position Konstantin Penchev.

The new Bulgarian ombudsman, Socialist MP Maya Manolova, will swear an oath in parliament on Wednesday.

The regular plenary sitting of parliament will begin with depriving Manolova of her powers as MP, Darik radio informs.

Parliament elected her as the new ombudsman at a secret ballot on July 30 in competition with the incumbent holder of the position - Konstantin Penchev.

Bulgarian lawmakers have elected socialist party MP Maya Manolova National Ombudsman, the chairman of her party has said.

Mihail Mikov has made his comments, quoted by daily 24 Chasa, as ballots are still being counted in the single secret voting procedure arranged under Bulgaria's legislation.