Rumen Radev

National Assembly rejected the veto of President Rumen Radev on the Defense and Armed Forces Act, reported bTV.

Rumen Radev imposed the veto at the beginning of the month after the parliament adopted higher requirements for the post of "permanent secretary of defense" and demanded that the senior military should be presented to the deputies.

''Bulgaria sees the forthcoming presidency of the Council of the EU as a major responsibility and a chance to deepen its cooperation with the partners from the community.''

That was what the President of Bulgaria Rumen Radev stated during a working meeting with heads of diplomatic missions of the EU and European Economic Area member-states in Bulgaria.

From January 1st, a direct Sofia-Baku airline connection will be opened. This was made clear by the joint press conference of the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Bulgaria.

With an impressive ceremony at Zahagba Residence began the official visit of President Rumen Radev to Baku.

Parliament will hold an extraordinary meeting on October 17, one hour after the start of the National Security Advisory Council (KSNS) with the president, scheduled for the same day, reported BGNES.

At its extraordinary meeting, which will take place at 2 pm on Tuesday, Parliament will vote on second reading amendments to the Civil Procedure Code.

Head of State Rumen Radev will be on an official visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan on 13 and 14 October at the invitation of President Ilham Aliyev, reported BGNES. 

''I scheduled a meeting of the National Security Council  on the same subject on October 17th.''

This is what President Rumen Radev said after the end of the second National Security Advisory Council, called for "necessary legislative measures to counteract corruption", reported BGNES. 

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva will join today a meeting in Warsaw of the foreign ministers in the Bucharest B 9 format which includes NATO member states from Alliance's Eastern Flank: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovaia, Hungary and the Czech Republic.

The majority of Bulgaria's MPs on Thursday approved a report that recommends the revision of the procurement procedure for new fighter jets, alleging that there have been violations in the past.

MPs from the ruling centre-right party GERB of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov also indirectly accused President Rumen Radev of corruption.

EU sanctions against Russia should be lifted, Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev said at a joint press conference with Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda in Warsaw, where he is on an official visit, quoted by TASS.

"In the economic sense, these sanctions are harmful. If we talk about the Bulgarian business, we look at it negatively, "Radev said.

A Polish company purchases refurbished wagons from the plant in the Bulgarian city of Septemvri. This and six other contracts between Bulgarian and Polish companies totaling over EUR 30 million will be signed within today's bilateral business forum, reports iNews.