"We cannot be indifferent when human rights are threatened", Bulgaria’s Vice President Iliana Iotova said in her address to the participants in the 17th World Meeting of Bulgarian Media who paid tribute to the Memorial of Salvation in Tel Aviv, which symbolises the salvation of Bulgarian Jews from the Holocaust.
"We must be vigilant about modern forms of fascism and oppose even their slightest manifestation", noted Vice President Iotova. Earlier, Iliana Iotova visited Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre in Jerusalem, where there is a special corner dedicated to Bulgaria.
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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