Prime Ministers of Bulgaria

Developments at collapsed Corporate Commercial Bank (KTB) are tantamount to expropriation, Bulgarian businessman Tsvetan Vasilev, who was the bank's majority owner, has said in an interview with private national TV7 station.

Simeon Djankov, a former Bulgarian Finance Minister, has stepped down as rector of the New Economic School in Moscow (also known as the Russian School of Economics, RES), RBC Daily reports.

The business news outlet writes there is "mutual consent' about the move after Djankov has taken the office since 2013. Djankov is not leaving the Board of Directors of RES.

Ukrainian authorities have moved to ban the use of names of 520 Bolsheviks from the Soviet Union and famous Communist figures as part of its "de-communization" law.

Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, arrives Thursday in Sofia to meet with President Rosen Plevneliev, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, and Education Minister Todor Tanev.

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev will veto the recent amendments to the Military Intelligence Act.

This was announced by the chief of the presidential cabinet, Ekaterina Zaharieva, in an interview for private bTV station on Wednesday.

Bulgarian Defense Minister has called on President Rosen Plevneliev to return draft changes to military intelligence law for consideration by lawmakers.

After Parliament passed an amendment to ban non-military officials from heading the Defense Information Service, Yordan Bakalov, currently taking office, doesn't meet the requirements anymore.

A hotspot for refugees may be established in Bulgaria by end-November, according to German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Merkel, as cited by the press office of the EC, said that Bulgaria had requested the measure on the grounds of experiencing substantial migratory pressure.

Vasil Valchev will be Bulgaria's new consul general in Edirne, Turkey, the government in Sofia announced on Wednesday.

Valchev has been Bulgaria's consul general in Thessaloniki, Greece from 2011 to 2015. He will take over from Lyubomir Popov, whose term of office as the consul general in Edirne has expired, the government said in a statement following a weekly meeting.

Lawmakers in Bulgaria have given the green light to constitutional amendments which the ruling coalition says will strengthen and boost the independence of the judiciary.

At a first reading, the draft changes have been approved by a majority of 184 out of 240 MPs, with 34 against and 8 choosing to abstain.

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov on Wednesday urged lawmakers to vote in favor of constitutional changes.

Alongside Justice Minister Hristo Ivanov, he visited Parliament as MPs had just started their debate on a series of constitutional amendments tabled before summer recess began in July.