Library staff organized a one-hour warning strike today over the failure of the government to live up to an agreement on minimum basic starting salaries.
Representatives of the trade union organizations stated that libraries are forced to work in the condition of library service standards that have been adopted but remain unfulfilled, and with totally inadequate financing by the Ministry of Culture. “These circumstances make it impossible for us to fulfill our important public functions,” the protesters say.
The Podkrepa TU is demanding a 40% rise of the budgets of regional libraries, while the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria is demanding a 25% increase in subsidies for all sectors of culture.
The weather in the mountains is sunny with light wind in some places, the Mountain Rescue Service of the Bulgarian Red Cross reports. However, icing is possible on some of the mountain paths. In places on the ridges there is moderate..
A requiem liturgy has been served in the "St. Nedelya" Cathedral by the hierarchs of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church in memory of the hegumen of the Zograf Monastery, Archimandrite Ambrose. After a short illness, he left this world on January 27 in the..
The University of Forestry is organizing a series of events dedicated to the century-old path of forestry education in Bulgaria. The first event is tonight, when a retrospective of forestry activities will be held with a lecture..
Swedish authorities have detained a ship suspected of sabotaging an undersea fiber optic cable in the Baltic Sea. The ship is the Bulgarian vessel..
Navigation Maritime Bulgare (Navibulgar) is conducting its own investigation into the case involving the Vezhen ship, announced Navibulgar CEO Captain..
The Bulgarian Union of Balneology and SPA Tourism is organizing a round table on the topic "Bulgaria in Schengen - Challenges and Opportunities for..
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