October 2012

• National Assembly President Tsetska Tsacheva has opened the exhibition “Moments behind the front line” dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Balkan Wars, 03/10/2012
• Enlargement of the parliamentary cooperation, trade and economic relations discussed between the Vice-President of the National Assembly Anastas Anastasov and the parliamentary delegation from Indonesia, 04/10/2012
• Deputies vote amendments envisaging fines from BGN 1000 to 5000 for a contracting authority that has not fulfill its obligations, 10/10/2012
• National Assembly President Tsetska Tsacheva has met with the Chairman of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Cemil Cicek, 11/10/2012
• Parliament passes amendments to the Investment Encouragement Act at first reading, 12/10/2012
• National Assembly President Tsetska Tsacheva confers with the Head of the House of Europe in Paris, Mrs. Catherine Lalumiere, 16/10/2012
• National Assembly adopts at first reading amendments to the Commerce Act, 17/10/2012
• Parliamentary cooperation, trade, economic relations and Bulgaria’s accession to Schengen discussed at a meeting between the President of the National Assembly Mrs Tsetska Tsacheva and the Speaker of the Czech Chamber of Deputies Mrs Miroslava Nemtcova, 18/10/2012
• Deputies have formulated the question of the national referendum on the subject of NPP “Belene” as follows: "Should nuclear energy be developed in Bulgaria through the building of a new nuclear power plant?", 24/10/2012
• Legal Affairs Committee has held hearing of candidates to sit on the Constitutional Court on the quota of the National Assembly, 24/10/2012
• Prominent Bulgarian painter Nikola Manev’s Exhibition “50 Years Creative Work in Paris” on display at the National Assembly, 26/10/2012
• National Assembly President Tsetska Tsacheva visits Patriarch Maxim on the occasion of his birthday and offers as present crane’s-bill in a ceramic pot, 29/10/2012
• Bulgaria’s accession to Schengen, the crisis in Europe and the Eurozone’s future were the topics of discussion between the National Assembly President Mrs Tsetska Tsacheva and the Speaker of the Danish Parliament, Mr Mogens Lykketoft, 30/10/2012
• Parliament elects Anastas Anastasov and Veneta Petrova-Markovska as judges to the Constitutional Court, 31/10/2012
• The European future of Macedonia has no alternative but Bulgaria has reservations due to what is happening in the Republic of Macedonia, stated the Chairperson of the Committee on European Affairs, Monika Panayotova, at the meeting with the EU Commissioner Štefan Füle, 31/10/2012