Balgarianovinite.com Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev said Friday that restricting access to social media and legislative changes are among the measures being discussed in response to antisocial behaviour by minors and juveniles.
He said the issue is being discussed jointly with the Ministry of Justice and several initiatives are currently underway. One involves adopting a new bill on antisocial behaviour by minors and juveniles.
“We are discussing opening up the Penal Code in two directions,” Demerdzhiev said. One is introducing qualified offences in certain situations for crimes committed by juveniles, carrying higher penalties because “we see that the public danger is greater.” The other is to consider reducing penalties for juveniles, he added.
An initiative is also underway to adopt legislation that would restrict access to social media up to a certain age, the Interior Minister said. According to him, studies show that up to a certain age, the harm caused by such access significantly outweighs the benefits.
“Children need to develop, be educated and grow stronger in every possible way so that they can operate in this extremely dangerous space in a way that creates no threats either to themselves or to those around them,” Demerdzhiev said.
Asked whether the authorities would be able to mobilize public support and, above all, parental responsibility, the Interior Minister said that such public support already exists. “Society needs these issues to be resolved and we have support,” he said.
“I hope Bulgarian parents will also realize their responsibility, because we realize the responsibility of the state and want to do very quickly what has not been done in previous years. If Bulgarian parents approach the issue in the same way, very soon we will have a completely different situation regarding our children. This is very important for us as a society,” Demerdzhiev said.
He added that work is also proceeding in parallel on the issue of drug use.
“We need the state and parents to join forces and solve these problems, because neither the state can do it alone, nor, even less so, can parents,” the Interior Minister said.
Demerdzhiev also commented on the upcoming presidential election, noting that the government has considerable experience in conducting elections. “We know the process well enough and I am absolutely convinced that, as far as preparations for the election are concerned, there will be no problems,” he said. Bulgaria Discusses Social Media Access Restrictions, Legislative Changes over Juvenile Offences 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-08-21 17:37:30 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