The Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU is an opportunity for progress in the European integration of the Western Balkan countries, Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni has said during talks with his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borissov who is on a working visit to Rome.
Gentiloni has pointed out that Bulgaria offers a great potential for investments. The two prime ministers have discussed the problem of migrants in Europe and the need for greater solidarity with the countries experiencing strongest migration pressure.
“Five people from the parliamentary group are going to be “torn apart” during the voting for a cabinet but will, most probably, not give their support,” Ivelin Mihaylov, one of the founders of Velichie party said for the BNR. GERB-SDS..
In an analysis of the pension system in Bulgaria, the International Monetary Fund urges the country to raise pensions by raising social security contributions and doing away with the maximum insurable earnings. According to the analysis, pensions in..
Bulgarian tour operators and travel agents are hoping the new parliament will reconsider the decision to revert to the higher VAT (20%) for the industry as of 1 July. They are insisting that tourist packages be subject to 9% VAT until the end of..
The enthronement of the newly elected Bulgarian Patriarch, Metropolitan Daniil of Vidin, is over. The new spiritual leader was welcomed in St...
It will be sunny on Monday. There will be light southeasterly wind in the eastern parts of the country. The hot weather continues with maximum..
"The faithful need the unity of the church, the unity of Orthodoxy; they need leadership for the spiritual rise of the Bulgarian people", President..
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