Government of Bulgaria

Ministers will nominate a new composition of the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Bulgaria to the European Union in Brussels.

The third оf protests of the parents of children with disabilities against the Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov. They insist on his resignation as soon as possible, reported bTV. 

Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov declared as inadequate the requests for his resignation in connection with the action and detained employees of the State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad.

Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov gives an extraordinary statement right now at the building of the Council of Ministers, reported bTV. 

The topic was not announced in advance.

Protests demanding the resignation of Simeonov on his words to the protesting mothers of children with disabilities - ''squeaky women" with "supposedly ill children", continue for а second week. 

Bulgaria's Parliament established a Cyber Security Council with the Council of Ministers following the final adoption of the new Cyber Security Act. The chair of the council will be one of the Deputy Prime Ministers, who will be appointed by the Prime Minister, repors BNT. 

The procedure for the selection of an investor for the Belene NPP project has been developed, some minor details still need refinement, Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova told reporters after taking part in a meeting of the Energy Security Council at the Council of Ministers, Focus News Agency has reported.

Vice President Iliana Iotova is planning meetings with scientists, employers' organisations and the non-governmental sector, she said in an interview with Focus News Agency when asked if she would propose initiatives to tackle the demographic crisis, having presented alarming data at a press conference.

By 2030, 42% of this country's population is expected to live in 6 cities - Sofia, Plovdiv, Ruse, Burgas, Varna and Stara Zagora. At the same time, a village disappears every month, Smolyan is the region with fastest shrinking population in the EU.

Sofia. After the coalition meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov apologised for his remarks about the mothers of children with disabilities, Focus News Agency reports.

A coalition meeting between GERB and United Patriots is expected at the Council of Ministers today. The coalition partners will discuss the situation amid the demand by the mothers of children with disabilities for resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov and tensions within the coalition, reports Focus News Agency.