Meglena Kuneva

Meglena Kuneva, Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister in charge of coordinating EU policies and institutional affairs, will pay a working visit to Sweden.

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev will convene the consultative council on national security in order to discuss the state of the armed forces on April 27.

The council will discuss the development of the armed forces in the context of the current security environment, the presidential press service informs.

Fighting top-level graft will be key priority in the period 2015-2020, according to a anti-corruption strategy blueprint adopted by Bulgaria's government on Wednesday.

Stamen Yanev, Executive Director of the InvestBulgaria Agency, has suggested that Pleven anticipates investment amounting to EUR 30 M.

Speaking at a roundtable discussion uniting representatives of regional businesses and the central and local authorities, Yanev noted that it was too early to disclose details about the project.

The amended project for the strategy on prevention and countering corruption and organized crime s now completed.

The Ministry of Finance needs to outline the financial framework for the project, stated Deputy PM Meglena Kuneva in an interview for the Bulgarian National Radio.

Bulgaria lost three major contracts in the sphere of energy in a bid to comply with all EU recommendations, according to Prime Minister Boyko Borisov.

Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva announced on Tuesday that Romania's top anti-corruption officials will visit Bulgaria in March at her invitation.

Horia Georgescu, the President of Romania's National Integrity Agency, which represents the country's anti-corruption body, will visit Bulgaria on March 24 and 25, daily Dnevnik reports.

Bulgarian authorities have drafted a new plan for the integration of refugees that calls for providing them with access to the country's labour market, Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva said on Thursday.

At least thirty politicians and administration officials involved in corruption affairs should be sent to prison, under a new anti-corruption strategy cited by Bulgarian media outlets.

A special unit due to be set up Friday and aimed at fighting corruption will dedicate its effort to this end, according to 24 Chasa daily.

Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva participated at the ministerial meeting on countering foreign terrorist fighters, which was held in Washington on Wednesday.

The discussion is part of the three-day White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE), the government's press service reports.