Bulgaria’s Parliament adopted on first reading the State Social Security budget for 2020. The MPs from GERB and the United Patriots voted in favor. The Bulgarian Socialist Party and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms did not support the new budget with the motif that it does not offer enough reforms. In her speech, the leader of the Bulgarian Socialist Party Kornelia Ninova pointed out that the Bulgarian government creates a paradoxical situation by setting the poverty threshold at EUR 186 for 2020 and the minimum pension at EUR 112. According to the budget framework, the minimum salary in Bulgaria will increase to EUR 312 on January 1 next year. Bulgaria’s Minister of Labor and Social Policies Biser Petkov pointed out that the draft budget is realistic and feasible and the risks are minimized.
On Friday, the minimum temperatures in the country will be between 2 and 7°C, in Sofia - 1°C. Clouds will be significant, with broken clouds along the Danube. It will rain in the Rila-Rhodope area in the afternoon. Rain will cover southern Bulgaria by..
The National Assembly has approved the National Health Strategy 2030. The document sets out three main objectives: sustainable improvement of health and the living environment; ensuring health security and reducing inequalities; and efficient management..
The Sofia Court of Appeal has permanently remanded the former head of the National Customs Agency Petya Bankova and businessman Stefan Dimitrov in custody. The decision is not subject to appeal. National Customs Agency head Petya Bankova..
The MPs from the National Assembly Energy Committee have postponed by one year the full liberalization of the electricity marker. According to the..
Seventh-grader Kaloyan Geshev from the 125th High School "Boyan Penev" in Sofia became a three-time champion in mental calculation. He won first place..
President Rumen Radev did not say whether he would sign decrees for the replacement of two ministers – the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister..
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