February 2012

• Parliament sets up ad-hoc inquiry committee to probe cases of police violence reported by the public and the mass media as well as alleged attempts to influence and exert political pressure on the law protecting and law enforcement bodies in the country, 01/02/2012
• National Assembly adopts at first reading amendments to the Financial Supervision Commission Act, 03/02/2012
• National Assembly President Tsetska Tsacheva and US Ambassador to Bulgaria James Warlick open Fifth Internship Program for Young Roma, 06/02/2012
• Members of Parliament honor victims of disastrous flood, 08/02/2012
• European Commission Vice-President and Commissioner on Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration Maroš Šefčovič presents at the |National Assembly the European Commission’s 2012 Annual Work Programme, 09/02/2012
• Prime Minister Boyko Borisov presents at the National Assembly report related to the development of the priorities of Bulgaria during the Polish and Danish Presidency of the European Union, 10/02/2012
• National Healthcare Map to determine the number of hospitals in each part of the country that are to sign contracts with the National Health Insurance Fund, 15/02/2012
• European Commissioner on Health and Consumer Protection John Dali welcomes complete ban on tobacco smoking in Bulgaria, 16/02/2012
• National Assembly ratifies unanimously Croatia’s EU Accession Treaty, 17/02/2012
• National Assembly President Tsetska Tsacheva and Members of the Parliament honor the memory of the Apostle of Freedom Vasil Levski, 19/02/2012
• The society has no disagreements on issues concerning safety on the roads said National Assembly’s Vice-President Anastas Anastasov at the opening of the roundtable themed: “Together for safe roads”, 20/02/2012
• Members of the Parliament freeze their salaries at 2009 level until the end of 2012, 22/02/2012
• Accession to the Schengen Area, the internal energy market and measures to raise employment are among the priorities laid down at the 2012 Annual Work Program of the National Assembly related to matters of the European Union, 23/02/2012
• National Assembly Vice-President Anastas Anastasov: It is necessary for the law to strike the balance between the constitutional right of the society to be informed and the need to protect information, 28/02/2012