Bulgaria’s Minister of Interior Mladen Marinov is paying a working visit to the USA. Minister Marinov is accompanied by the Director of the Chief Directorate for Combatting Organized Crime Chief Commissioner Ivaylo Spiridonov and the Director of Border Police Chief Directorate Svetlan Kichikov. Their programme includes a series of meetings with the Directors of FBI and The United States Secret Services, representatives of the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), the Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and the Drug Enforcement Administration. Minister Mladen Marinov will meet representatives of the Bulgarian community in Washington during his visit in the USA.
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 first joint operation of the newly formed Mine Counter Measures Task Group Black Sea involving Bulgaria, Turkey and Romania is to take place July 2-16, the Bulgarian news agency BTA reports. The last time such an operation was carried..
Metropolitan Daniil of Vidin has been elected as the new Bulgarian Patriarch. He received 69 votes. Metropolitan Gregory of Vratsa received 66 votes...
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..
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