A few national dailies report on their front pages that Bulgaria has violated three European directives in the way it launched TV digitalization. A ruling of the European Court to that effect was carried on Thursday.
All judges, prosecutors and investigators shall be checked for honesty, writes Sega. Their incomes will be checked to see whether these correspond to their lifestyles. Checks will include conflicts of interest.
24 Hours reports that Social Minister Ivailo Kalfin plans to introduce changes to the Labor Code to cut the mandatory workday from 8 to 5 hours. The working week however remains 40-hours and 5 days long. Such a reform would allow employees to work just 5 hours a day one or two days a week, while during the rest of the week they could compensate for shorter days with extra hours.
Standard raises the issue of different electricity rates for exports and for domestic customers. At present Bulgarian companies’ interests are hurt given that they pay surcharges in obligations to society that foreign customers of Bulgarian electricity do not pay, expert Konstantin Delisivkov explains. In this way the Bulgarian industry pays 9 euro more per MW hour of electricity compared to foreign companies, and their competitiveness is hurt.
The central press on Friday also front-pages the prospects of the adoption by the National Assembly of a declaration in connection with the 100th anniversary of the genocide against Armenians in Turkey. „With procedural tricks the ruling party has replaced the item for the discussion of a declaration condemning the genocide against Armenians from the top of Friday’s parliamentary agenda. This has triggered a row in the plenary hall”, writes Trud.
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The state will continue to function normally even without the parliament voting on the state budget , according to an analysis by the Institute for Market Economics (IME) called "Without a Budget for 2025 and Without an Extension Law: What Next?". The..
People from the Bulgarian Socialist Party headquarters at 20 Positano Street in Sofia were evacuated due to a bomb threat on Saturday morning. The threat was received by email, according to which a bomb had been placed in a building on Positano Street..
12 settlements in Smolyan district are without electricity after the heavy snowfall yesterday. Settlements in the municipalities of Smolyan, Devin and..
This year, employers prefer to replace the 13th salary with Christmas events and bonuses. Less than 50% of companies in Bulgaria pay bonuses...
Long lines of trucks and cars have formed at the border with Turkiye, reported Nova TV. The line of trucks on the Maritsa motorway has reached..
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