January 2012

• During 2011 the National Assembly has adopted 156 bills, 121 decisions and 2 declarations, 05/01/2012
• National Assembly President Tsetska Tsacheva, National Assembly Vice-President Anastas Anastasov and Members of the Parliament attend the holy water blessing of the military flags on the occasion of Epiphany, 06/01/2012
• The "National Assembly's Student Internships for Legislative Research" programme has helped 163 studies to be carried out and more than 300 students to participate, 09/01/2012
• The Eight Session of the 41st National Assembly has started. The first plenary sitting of the year began with statements on behalf of parliamentary groups, 11/01/2012
• Parliament has approved the 2010 Annual Report of the National Health Insurance Fund, 12/01/2012
• Tsetska Tsacheva congratulates Martin Schulz on his election as President of the European Parliament, 17/01/2012
• Parliament imposes ban on shale gas exploration and extraction through “hydraulic fraction” method, 18/01/2012
• Address by the President-Elect of the Republic of Bulgaria Rosen Plevneliev after taking oath of office at the National Assembly, 19/01/2012
• Address of the Speaker of the National Assembly Tsetska Tsacheva following the oath of office, taken by the President-Elect and the Vice President-Elect of the Republic of Bulgaria, 19/01/2012
• The newly elected President and Vice-President of Bulgaria take oath of office at the National Assembly, 19/01/2012
• Parliament adopts amendments at first reading to the Penal Code foreseeing prison sentence for employers hiring 5 or more illegal foreign nationals from third countries, 25/01/2012
• National Assembly hosts a roundtable “Politicians and society – united in the efforts to limit cervical cancer”, 25/01/2012
• National Assembly honored with a minute of silence the memory of the great Bulgarian actor Kosta Tsonev, 26/01/2012
• Bulgarian Parliament ratifies unanimously the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 26/01/2012
• National Assembly President Tsetska Tsacheva and other members of parliament take part in a roundtable discussion on a draft bill related to youth’s issues, 30/01/2012
• Monika Panayotova, Chairperson of the parliamentary Committee on European Affairs and Oversight of the European Funds and the committee’s Deputy Chair Vladimir Toshev took part in the COSAC chairpersons meeting, 30/01/2012