President of the United States

The U.S. has passed its peak in new coronavirus cases, the nation's president said on April 15. 

Speaking during a White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing, Donald Trump said new cases are declining in the New York metropolitan area, the city of Houston, Texas and the city of New Orleans in Louisiana and cases in Detroit and the Denver metro area are flat.

Greece's newly appointed president, judge Katerina Sakellaropoulou, resigned on Monday from her post as head of the Council of State, leaving the top job at the country's highest administrative court open.

The new Greek president, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, will do her best to help a society with a long democratic tradition to heal the wounds of the past. She also highlighted the importance of the rule of law, and noted her dedication to working with the Parliament, the government and the opposition to achieve the highest possible consensus.

The drama playing out in the United States is testing the system of checks on power instituted by the Founding Fathers; it has already shown the dead end at which the divided country finds itself.

The impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump widened on Oct. 4 into a constitutional battle between the executive branch and Congress, as Democrats subpoenaed White House officials and the president signaled his administration would not cooperate.

Bulgaria's Parliament on September 5 overturned the President's veto on changes to the Military Intelligence Act that allow a civilian to head the Military Information Service as an alternative to the requirement to be a military member, reports BNT. 

134 MPs voted against the presidential veto, 57 supported it, and 6 abstained.

The recent unexpected resignation of US Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Wess Mitchell made some people wonder whether and to what extent his departure would affect the American approach to issues that are of particular concern to Greece.

At 12.05, President Rumen Radev will make a statement for the media on the occasion of the amendments adopted by the National Assembly in the election legislation. It is expected to be clear whether the head of state will veto the changes in the Electoral Code.

You can watch the President's statement and online HERE.

From the start of his presidency it was clear that Donald Trump would present a unique challenge to his country, that his reckless indifference to the consequences of his actions would endanger democratic institutions and the political culture of the United States.

Past presidents, family and friends came together April 21 to bid a tearful farewell to Barbara Bush, the matriarch of one of America's most prominent political dynasties, at her funeral in Texas.