July 2011

• National Assembly President Tsetska Tsacheva meets Representatives of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Church Patrons and Heads of Foreign Orthodox Church Delegations, 04/07/2011
• Amendments to the State Financial Inspection Act envisage financial inspections of public procurement tenders to be carried according to an annual plan and risk assessment, 06/07/2011
• MP Svilen Kraychev elected as Deputy Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC), 06/07/2011
• Bulgarian athletes with intellectual impairments, participants in the Special Olympics World Summer Games 2011 in Athens visit the National Assembly, 06/07/2011
• National Assembly Speaker meets with the President of the Republic of Turkey, 11/07/2011
• National Assembly President Tsetska Tsacheva makes a statement on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria, 13/07/2011
• By adopting the Diplomatic Service Act Parliament determines that Bulgarian citizens with established affiliation to the State Security Service and the Intelligence Services of the Bulgarian Army shall not be appointed on public positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 14/07/2011
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• National Assembly President Tsetska Tsacheva meets with European Ombudsman Nikiforos Diamanduros, 18/07/2011
• A Charity Exhibition entitled „The Hope….”, comprising pictures donated by outstanding Bulgarian painters, was opened at the National Assembly, 20/07/2011
• The composition of the Commission for Protection of Competition shall be increased by two members - from five to seven, according to amendments of the Law on the Protection of Competition adopted on first reading, 21/07/2011
• Parliament obligates Government to update the National Reform Program 2011 Action Plan and the Convergence Program 2011-2014, 22/07/2011
• Members of Parliament stand for a minute of silence in memory of the victims of the tragic assaults in the Oslo Government Quarter and Utoya Island, 25/07/2011
• Speaker of Parliament Tsetska Tsacheva signs condolence book at the Norwegian Embassy in memory of the victims of the tragic assaults in the Oslo Government Quarter and Utoya Island, 25/07/2011
• By 143 votes "against" Parliament votes down the third motion for non-confidence to the Cabinet, 26/07/2011
• Parliament makes control over new narcotic substances, designer drugs in particular, easier, 27/07/2011
• National strategy for development envisions investments in science and technology by 2020 to reach 1, 5 per cent of GDP, 28/07/2011