Meglena Kuneva

Bulgaria has called again on the EU to recognize the need for protection of the country's land and maritime borders with Turkey from a possible shifting of migration inflow following the closure of the Western Balkans route.

EU member states' governments are set to vote Tuesday on conclusions based on reports prepared by the EU Commission about the judicial system and anti-corruption measures of Bulgaria and Romania.

Eastern Europe is closer to the conflict in Syria and this explains its different reaction to the migrant crisis compared to the West, Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva told the BBC.

She also commented on domestic issues such as the fight against corruption and Bulgaria's further integration into the European Union.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has decided to redistribute the specific porfolios assigned to the four Deputy Prime Ministers, the government's press office has said.

The move is related to the recent appointment of Meglena Kuneva, until then Deputy PM for institutional affairs without a ministerial portfolio, as Education Minister.

Bulgaria has again asked the EU to help put an end to a blockade of the country's border with Greece by Greek farmers protesting against the new austerity measures planned by the government in Athens.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov appointed Diyan Stamatov as Deputy Education Minister.

This was announced by the government's press service on Monday.

Having earned a degree in biology at Sofia University, Stamatov currently serves as a director and biology teacher at a school in Sofia.

It's a matter of courage to make reforms in the education sector, Bulgaria's newly appointed Education Minister Meglena Kuneva said on Wednesday shortly after parliament endorsed her nomination.

Bulgaria's parliament endorsed the nomination of Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva as the country's new education minister on Wednesday.

Kuneva was elected to the post in a 106-66 vote and 31 abstentions in the 240-seat Parliament.

The Bulgarian parliament will decide on Wednesday whether to approve the the nomination of Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva as the country's new education minister.

As lawmakers are set to vote on the candidacy of Meglena Kuneva to become Bulgaria's next Education Minister, it is not clear how much support she will gain.

Kuneva was endorsed by junior coalition partner Reformist Bloc after Prime Minister Boyko Borisov asked her successor, Todor Tanev, to resign amid controversy that a draft school curriculum sparked in society.