Bulgarian parliament plans to move to a new glass assembly

Bulgaria's MPs are to abandon the current National Assembly to relocate to the former Bulgarian Communist Party headquarters, commonly known as the Party House, where they will host their plenary sessions in a large glass hall. Plans are for the move to happen in the next two to three years.

Gradski Daily reported that Belgian technical director of the Flemish parliament, Kurt de Vriend, said that in his opinion the Bulgarian national assembly should be held in an "overt glass hall, open to the Bulgarian public ... a symbol of transparency and honesty from Bulgarian MPs," according to a Jan. 30 Sofiaecho.com report.

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