Balgarianovinite.com The National Assembly is scheduled to reconsider amendments to the Defence and Armed Forces Act, parts of which were vetoed by President Rumen Radev, according to the draft programme published on the legislature’s website on Wednesday.
The amendments, adopted on October 30, raise the maximum age for military service by two years for personnel who have not exercised their right to a pension. This applies to all ranks, from soldiers to the Chief of Defence. Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov said at the time that the measure would allow the armed forces to retain around 847 service members over the next two years, helping to address personnel shortages. Of these, about 159 are officers, 510 are soldiers, 24 are officer cadets, and 154 are sergeants, Zapryanov noted.
In his reasoning, Radev points to the need to improve the regulation of the maximum age for military service, to encourage the development of academic staff, and to clarify the rules for allocating, recording, and compensating working time, as well as the use and postponement of leave. However, he notes that these changes should not disadvantage service members.
The National Assembly’s draft agenda includes a first reading of amendments to the Act on Access and Disclosure of Documents and on Announcing Affiliation of Bulgarian Citizens to State Security and the Intelligence Services of the Bulgarian People’s Army. The proposed changes are sponsored by Snezhanka Trayanska of There Is Such a People (TISP) and members of the governing coalition.
Under the current provision, a verbatim transcript is required for each meeting of the Dossier Commission. The sponsors propose replacing the transcript with an audio recording due to a shortage of stenographers, making it impossible to meet the commission’s needs. The proposal does not change the process for certifying meeting content, as audio recordings are already maintained alongside transcripts under the commission’s existing rules. National Assembly to Reconsider Defence Act Amendments after Presidential Veto 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-11-19 07:37:26 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law