A senior official of the Ministry of Youth and Sports was detained during an operation by the Sofia City Prosecutor's Office and the Anti-Corruption Commission. The official was arrested with a bribe of 31,700 EUR. The banknotes were pre-marked. The official asked for the money in order to help one of the sports federations get funding for European championships, it was reported.
In 2024, Bulgaria will host the European Weightlifting Championships. The prosecutor's office did not give a clear answer as to whether this was the sport in question.
On Friday , the lowest temperatures will be between minus 5 and 0°C. In Sofia it will be around minus 3°C. In the morning hours along the riverbanks and around water basins there will be reduced visibility. It will be sunny during..
The importance of eurozone membership for Bulgaria was the focus of Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov's meeting with European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde and Eurogroup President Pascal Donahue. On the sidelines of the European Council meeting..
"Currently, Bulgaria is one of the few in the EU that unconditionally meets all nominal criteria for convergence to the eurozone, including the price stability criterion, with which we have had problems in recent years." This was..
Workers in state psychiatric hospitals have gone on strike demanding higher salaries and better working conditions, including adequate workplace..
A proposal for holding a referendum on preserving the Bulgarian lev has been submitted to the parliament's registry office. This was announced by the..
Bulgaria ranks third among EU countries in terms of minimum wage growth in the period 2015-2025. According to Eurostat, during this..
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