January 2013

• During its Tenth session the 41st National Assembly had received 1124 letters, complaints, proposals, petitions and declarations on behalf of citizens, local authorities, civic organizations and initiative committees, 07/01/2013
• The XIth Session of the 41st National Assembly has begun, 09/01/2013
• Parliament supports President’s veto on amendments to Investment Encouragement Act, 11/01/2013
• National Assembly President Tsetska Tsacheva invites PACE observers to attend the national referendum on 27th January, 2013, 14/01/2013
• School education up to 16 years of age made mandatory with the adoption by parliament of the Preschool and School Education Act, 18/01/2013
• Military plant VMZ – Sopot taken off the prohibitive list for privatization by parliament, 23/01/2013
• Bulgarian Parliament adopts at first reading Bill on the Management of the System for Protection of the National Security, 24/01/2013
• Parliament passes at first reading bill on the State Intelligence Agency, 25/01/2013
• National Assembly President Tsetska Tsacheva presents the stand of Bulgaria on the priorities of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, 28/01/2013
• National Assembly President, Tsetska Tsacheva, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives in the Irish Parliament, Sean Barrett, discuss the bilateral relations, the parliamentary dialogue and a broad scope of issues regarding the agenda of the European Union, 29/01/2013
• National Assembly adopts Declaration with regard to the attack, carried out against the leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, Dr. Ahmed Dogan, on January 19th, 2013, 30/01/2013