NEWS

Regarding the text in the transitional and conclusive provisions of the draft bill for Election Code published on the National Assembly website on 17 October 2013 and submitted for opinion to the Venice Commission, paragraph 12 which goes as follows:

The Bulgarian civil society is focused on the establishment of a fair judiciary, the freedom of the media and an adequate election legislation and it will demand efficient decisions, irrespective of whether these sectors are subject to monitoring by PACE or not. This is what President Rosen Plevneliev said today at the meeting held with Frano Matusic, Rapporteur of the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

The Consultative Council for National Security discussed the strategic priorities of the Republic of Bulgaria and the contribution made by the Partnership Agreement with the European Commission in the period 2014-2020 for achieving the goals of the Bulgaria 2020 National Program for Development.

President Rosen Plevneliev held talks with the prime ministers of Montenegro and Georgia during the Security Conference which celebrates its 50th anniversary and which ends today in Munich.