Mihail Mikov

Instructions from Brussels and Washington are the reason why the Russian Federation's relations with Bulgaria are not going through the best of times, Russian State Duma Chair Sergey Narishkin has said.

The opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) announced that, starting from Monday, its leader Mihail Mikov is on an official visit to Russia, but the reason for his visit remains undisclosed.

Mikov is to meet Chairman of the State Duma Sergey Naryshkin as well as the leader of the social-democratic party A Just Russia Sergey Mironov on Tuesday, the party's press office informs.

''Towards the end of my visit to Bulgaria, I was also received by the Romanian President Rosen Plevneliev,'' stated the Facebook profile of the German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

Several hours later the mistake was corrected after a number of angry comments posted in response, including those of Bulgarians, BGglas daily reported.

The leader of opposition Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) Mihail Mikov requested in a letter to Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev to impose a veto on the issue of the new BGN 16 B debt.

Mikov warned that in case Plevneliev does not veto the debt, his party will appeal to the Constitutional Court, daily Dnevnik repots.

The Bulgarian MPs are to hold an extraordinary sitting on February 17, the majority of which will be dedicated to parliamentary control.

Last week, the oppositional Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) and Ataka parties accused the Speaker of Parliament Tsetska Tsacheva of sparing ministers from parliamentary control.

The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) on Tuesday demanded the resignation of Environment Minister Ivelina Vasileva over damages caused by torrential rains in recent days.

According to opposition Socialists, the resignation was the least that could be demanded, but the ultimate responsibility rested with Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, Darik radio reports.

The Bulgarian Socialist Party is ready to join a "grand coalition" including all parties to the left, a socialist lawmaker has said.

Maya Manolova, who was at the spearhead of the formerly ruling BSP's legislative moves in the previous Parliament, is now known for her dissension with some of her party's main policy lines.

The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) demands that Bulgaria initiates the cancellation of the EU sanctions against Russia, said the party press office.

The BSP parliamentary group tabled in the National Assembly a draft proposal on the need of reconsideration of the EU policies on sanctions against Russia.

Calls on the Supreme Judicial Council (VSS) to step down will not solve problems in the judiciary, the leader of Bulgaria's biggest opposition party has warned.

Dimitar Dabov, Evgeni Uzunov, and Angel Naydenov have been removed from the Executive Bureau of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) at the proposal of BSP Chair Mihail Mikov.

During a Friday sitting of the National Council of BSP, the governing body of the party was downsized from 21 to 18 members.