Kiril Petkov

Prime Minister Kiril Petkov met with MPs from "There Is Such a People" (TISP) to persuade them to support the government despite Slavi Trifonov's party's decision to step down from the coalition. The revelations were made today in parliament.

TISP also sharply criticized the draft law on the anti-corruption commission.

"We are ready for a minority government. We will not spend money without supervision," said Prime Minister Kiril Petkov at a press conference of "We Continue the Change." It comes minutes after Slavi Trifonov announced that "There Is Such a People" was leaving the coalition.

"We no longer have a place in this coalition," announced the showman and leader of the party "There Is Such a People" Slavi Trifonov in a statement broadcast live on Facebook.

"The Ministers of 'We Continue the Change' are leading the country to bankruptcy", he announced.

"The anti-crisis measures are unprecedented for BGN 2 billion". This was stated by Prime Minister Kiril Petkov before the start of the government session today.

Exemption of electricity and liquefied gas from excise duty, reduction of VAT for central heating by 9%.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov in Brussels in May 2022. Photo: EPA-EFE/STEPHANIE LECOCQ

"Within a month, the state will restore the funds of farmers in the region of Sadovo, whose harvest was severely affected by hail". This was stated by Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, who together with the Minister of Agriculture Ivan Ivanov visited the local farmers.

"This discussion about whether we will give weapons to Ukraine or not, we already had it, we have a decision of the National Assembly, we will abide by the decision". This was stated by Prime Minister Kiril Petkov.

"The first machines for repair are coming, which we promised, we will do that", Petkov stressed.

"The only solution to the war is for Russia to leave Ukraine completely, and there must be no compromise on this issue. Any other option would mean frozen conflict and continuing instability." This was stated by Prime Minister Kiril Petkov during the international security forum GLOBSEC in Bratislava.

Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev commented on current topics in front of journalists in Plovdiv.

A Sofia city tram carries an advertisement depicting the Euro currency and a map of the country, in January 2007, days after Bulgaria became a member of the EU. Photo: EPA/VASSIL DONEV