Nikolay Denkov

Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov Votes by Machine, Acknowledges Voting Issues and Promises Restoration of Trust

"The holiday of the people's awakeners unites us. Patriarch Euthymius, our heroes from the Revival and Liberation. This is a day that unites all Bulgarians and we must bow our heads before today's meeting of the Council of Ministers," said Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov before today's meeting of the Council of Ministers.

Today is the Day of National Mourning for the victims of the floods in Tsarevo. Four people lost their lives in the water element.

An Interdepartmental Temporary Commission is expected to be announced and formed at the government meeting today in order to establish the causes of the severe consequences of the natural disaster.

The former Deputy Chief Secretary Zhivko Kotsev will be proposed as Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov announced to journalists in the parliament.

He indicated that his nomination will be discussed in the Council of Ministers and proposed for agreement with the President.

President Rumen Radev refuses to issue a decree to dismiss the Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Petar Todorov, as requested by the government. This became known from a position issued by the press service of the head of state.

The admission of Bulgaria and Romania to Schengen was discussed at a meeting in Athens by Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov and his Romanian colleague Ion-Marcel Ciolacu. The topic is a priority for both governments.

Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov announced that the Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Chief Commissioner Petar Todorov, will be replaced. After a meeting with the leadership of the Ministry of the Interior and the heads of the special services, he commented that currently, serious criminal offenses do not pose a threat to national security.

The investigators are working on 2 versions of the murder of Aleksei Petrov - revenge or financial debts, announced the Minister of Internal Affairs Kalin Stoyanov.

In an interview with "24 Chasa", Stoyanov explains that the whole country is working with a heavy criminal contingent for possible complicity in the murder.

"We have identified more than 15 measures against aggression and violence", Prime Minister Academician Nikolay Denkov announced at a press conference in the Council of Ministers after a meeting with representatives of four ministries.

The territorial plans of the three coal provinces Stara Zagora, Kyustendil and Pernik have been published for public discussion. In the following weeks, they will be discussed with the social partners and local residents, and at the end of September they will be sent to Brussels for approval.