More than 25 M euro has been earmarked during the new programming period of the Norwegian Financial Mechanism (2014-2021) for the improvement of conditions in prisons, and increasing the capacity of the employed in the sector of reintegrating prisoners. Plans and goals for the coming years include building a pilot prison with a training center, and creating transitional units (the so-called half-way houses) for adaptation of prisoners whose release is upcoming. Creating a Concept for basic and continuing training of probation officers, exploring the possibility for the introduction of new measures alternative to imprisonment and developing a specialized coaching program are among the other objectives during the new programming period.
The regional governor of Plovdiv, Prof. Hristina Yancheva, announced a partial state of emergency in Hisarya and Kaloyanovo, BTA has reported. The measure was introduced because of the fires in the area of the villages of Pesnopoi and Mihiltsi near..
The European Commission has approved state aid amounting to EUR 142 million (BGN 278 million) to support the energy sector, BNR’s correspondent in Brussels reports. The money is being granted to alleviate part of the expenses of the companies which..
Army personnel and two helicopters from the 24 th air base at Krumovo have joined the efforts to extinguish a big fire in Mount Sredna Gora close to Pesnopoy village, Kaloyanovo municipality and Mihiltsi village, Hisarya municipality. The..
After 17 MPs from the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, MRF, were expelled, among them the party’s other co-chair Dzevdet Chakarov, MRF MP Ahmed..
Greece’s Minister of Defence Nikos Dendias announced that Greece, Bulgaria and Romania are to establish a military mobility corridor in NATO’s Eastern..
On Friday the weather will be sunny and hot. Clouds will form in the afternoon but there will only be isolated showers in some parts in Eastern..
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