Bulgaria’s Ministry of Labor and Social Policy launched a new programme aimed at boosting employment in municipalities with high unemployment levels. The pilot project of the programme will start in 14 municipalities in Vidin, Vratsa and Montana districts. EUR 1 million will be granted to municipalities with highest unemployment- Ruzhintsi, Yakimovo, Hayredin, Dimovo, Borovan, Valchedram, Chuprene, Krivodol, Gramada, etc, where unemployment is between 30% and 64%. 830 jobless Bulgarians aged 29 or under and people with low education and without any qualification will be employed full or part time. They will be employed for a period of twelve months at the private sector and the municipalities. The programme is directed to the discouraged people who were not registered at the employment offices. Part of the financial resource will be used for qualification courses.
At night, mainly in the north-eastern regions Bulgaria, there will be temporary increases in cloudiness and short rainfalls with thunder. The sky will be mostly clear in the rest of the country. On Tuesday , the air mass over..
A man and a child have died after they were struck by lightning in the area of Mount Zhultets near Mount Botev in the Central Balkan Mountains. The alert was sent to the mountain rescue service at around 13.30 by a child who was with them, reports BNR..
The fire on the territory of the villages of Voden, Krainovo and Strandzha in the municipality of Bolyarovo has been controlled and localised. Interior Ministry teams will be on the ground to ensure that the fire does not flare up again, Interior Minister..
A state of emergency remains in force in seven villages in the border municipality of Bolyarovo. The fight against the fire at the village of Voden..
A fire has started in Greece a kilometre and a half from the Bulgarian border and is slowly moving towards it. The fire is located in an extremely..
A total of 60 officers from the Bezmer and Kabile units are on the ground with equipment for firefighting, Bulgaria's Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov..
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