Kristalina Georgieva

EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker's final decision on how to manage the digital economy portfolio "may depend on Bulgaria's choice to replace Georgieva," Politico has said.

BSP has accused the leader of GERB and outgoing Prime Minister Boyko Borisov of yet another national betrayal because of decisions related to the UN.

The European Commission has approved EUR 10 M for the repair of the infrastructure of Hitrino after the explosion.

The money will be transferred in a target manner for this municipality alone, announced outgoing Agriculture Minister Desislava Taneva after a conversation with European Budget Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva in Brussels.

"It is up to the interim government to propose an EU Commissioner," Bulgaria's outgoing Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has said.

Speaking to reporters after meeting President Rosen Plevneliev, Borisov has said his party, GERB, will not engage in the choice of the next Bulgarian commissioner who will take over from Kristalina Georgieva in January.

The budget of the European Union for 2017 entered into force after the European Parliament approved it with a majority of 438 votes.

This budget carries two messages, stated during the debates the Chairman of the Budget Parliamentary Commission from the French right-wing Jean Arthuis.

Outgoing Vice President of the EC Kristalina Georgieva has announced in a statement published by the press centre of the European Commission Representation in Bulgaria that there is no conflict of interest with respect to her current and her future job.

Outgoing EU Commission Vice President Kristalina Georgieva earlier this year negotiated changes in the way the union funds the World Bank, "her former and future employer," Politico argues.

A new arrangement with the World Bank "is raising alarm bells at the Commission and the European Parliament about a potential conflict of interest," according to a piece published on Wednesday.

There is no deadline for the nomination of the next Bulgarian commissioner, a spokesperson for EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has said.

The Commission's comment follows questions related to the resignation of Georgieva and the upcoming procedure to determine the new Bulgarian commissioner.

Bulgarian considers proposing again a female candidate to take over as European Commissioner, media reports say.

Incumbent Kristalina Georgieva, sent to Brussels by Bulgaria and acting as EU Commission Vice President for Budget and Human Resources, is leaving in January.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has refuted reports that UN Middle East Coordinator Nickolay Mladenov is to be the next European Commissioner.

"It is from you that I am hearing this from the first time," Borisov has told reporters when asked about the information, according to BGNES wire service.