The General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation Luca Visentini and representatives of Bulgarian labor unions and Bulgaria’s cabinet will discuss on Monday in Sofia the social topics during the Bulgarian rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Bulgaria’s position on the European Pillar of Social Rights, which is expected to be presented by the end of 2017, will be also subject to discussions today. Luca Visentini and representatives of the Bulgarian government will also discuss topics related to the equalization of wages in Eastern and Western Europe and the issue related to changes in the posted workers directive raised by the French President Emmanuel Macron during his recent visit to Sofia.
The fires on the Greek border have been contained and there is no fire progressing towards Bulgaria. Clearance has been made around the areas where there are old mines left over from the wars on both sides of the border, Interior Minister Kalin Stoyanov..
MEP Ilhan Kyuchyuk of the Renew Europe Group has been elected chair of the European Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee. "Today I have been elected Chair of the Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament. Whenever I have been elected to..
Caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev has said that no Bulgarian soldiers will be sent to Ukraine and that NATO has no intention of sending troops there. Glavchev answered questions from the press and citizens during a live broadcast on Facebook. He..
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..
The best Bulgarian students in mathematics have won 5 medals by participating in the most prestigious mathematics competition in the world for 2024. At..
The former Bulgarian Minister of Defense Nikolay Nenchev will be temporarily in charge of the Bulgarian Embassy in Ukraine. This decision was taken by..
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