Employers will be able to hire Ukrainian refugees, if they have refugee or humanitarian status. Refugees may register with the labor offices and benefit all social rights, Maria Mincheva, Vice President of the Bulgarian Industrial Association (BIA) told BNR. The problem is that foreigners must first obtain refugee or humanitarian status first, which may take over 3 months. Mincheva urged the authorities to consider shortening the procedure.
Up to 200,000 jobs can be provided by Bulgarian employers to Ukrainian citizens, BIA Board Chairman Dobri Mitrev told BTA. He stressed that there was no sector where Ukrainians could not find jobs and singled out tourism, engineering and transport.
The territory of Bulgaria has decreased slightly in the last two years, according to the National Statistical Institute (NSI). As of December 31, 2023, the territory of the country calculated by the NSI on the basis of digital models of the..
40.2% of eligible voters are ready to go to the polls on June 9 as 3.5% said they would vote with "I do not support anyone". 37.7% of voters are ready to vote for European Parliament and 3.1% declare a firm intention to vote with "I do..
The new speaker of the parliament in North Macedonia, Afrim Gashi, has met in Skopje with the Bulgarian ambassador to the country, Angel Angelov. Congratulating Gashi on his election as Speaker of the Parliament, Angelov expressed..
Bulgaria will not send troops to Ukraine, Bulgaria's Ministry of Defence confirmed in its position and recalled that only the Parliament can decide on the..
It is not yet known who is going to represent the country at the NATO summit to be held in mid-July in Washington DC, caretaker PM Dimitar Glavchev..
Almost two-thirds of Bulgarians believe in conspiracy theories, Todor Galev from the Centre for the Study of Democracy said for the BNR in a comment..
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