SOFIA –  The Political Council of the governing three-party coalition is to hold a meeting on Friday, the press center of the Council of Ministers announced. The leaders of Bulgarian Socialist Party, National Movement for Stability and Progress and Movement for Rights and Freedoms Sergey Stanishev, Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and Ahmed …

SOFIA: Bulgaria named former foreign minister Solomon Passy as its official candidate for the post of the head of NATO, the government announced yesterday. “The government took a decision to officially support the candidature of Solomon Passy for NATO Secretary General,” Sofia said in a statement. NATO’s current head, Dutchman …

BRUSSELS: Romania has taken some “backward steps” in fighting corruption despite European Union criticism, while fellow EU newcomer Bulgaria has made a number of positive moves, the bloc’s executive arm said yesterday. In interim reports on each, the European Commission told both countries, the poorest members of the bloc, that …