Dnevnik

The Minister of Internal Affairs (MIA) Valentin Radev announced on BNT that nearly 10% of the MIA System is not full, reported Dnevnik.

In his words, those are around 4100 people from which 3600 are policemеn, and 500 - firefighters.

The Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva called on the Turkish Ambassador to mind his manners, reported Dnevnik.

"The Turkish Ambassador has to be careful for his spoke because he is a representаtive of Turkey in Bulgaria and when he is sharper, unfortunately this is not helping the relations between the two countries", claimed Zaharieva on Nova TV.

The Prime Minister and Defense Minister of Bulgaria Krasimir Karakachanov remains a supporter of an introduction of the compulsory military service. He said that in an interview on Nova Tv this morning to mark the military parade and the Day of the Bulgarian Army, reported Dnevnik.

Despite the steep loss, CEO Tomislav Čizmić remains buoyant, stressing that the company is stable and has been gaining market share, which will be crucial as the Agrokor story unfolds.

Georgy Gergov resigned alone as a member of the Executive Board of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), according to Dnevnik.

"I think that there is no point in dividing the party", pointed Gergov before leaving the BSP's central, where today their plenary session is being provided.

LJUBLJANA - Serbia wants to settle its disagreements with Croatia in a "peaceful, political and diplomatic way" - like Belgrade is doing with Pristina and Sarajevo - but, at the same time, it wants Zagreb to distance itself from "rehabilitation of Ustashism and the Independent State of Croatia," says Serbian FM Ivica Dacic.

Ivica Dacic says the pace of Serbia's EU membership talks "does not reflect its actual progress in reforms and regulation of relations with its neighbors."

"I am pleased with our approach to the negotiations, but I'm not satisfied with the number of negotiation chapters that have been closed and opened," said Serbian foreign minister, and added:

The deal with the minority package of the two ventures of the electricity distribution company EVN-Bulgaria was made on the stock exchange at market prices. The investment broker was selected via a competition because of the lowest price offered, announced to journalists the chairwoman of the Commission on Protection of Competition Yulia Nenkova, cited by BTA.

The Reformist Bloc (RB) coalition has tabled a regressive system for allocating subsidies to political parties per each vote in parliamentary elections.

Bulgaria has refused to pay over 23,490 US dollars for 23,500 pages of the so-called "trophy archives" - archive material taken to the USSR by the Soviet army at the end of the Second World War, the Bulgarian news website Dnevnik reported on Tuesday.