A meeting between Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov, ministers and MPs and representatives of the protesting energy workers and miners is taking place in parliament today.
Meanwhile, Toshko Yordanov, chairman of the parliamentary group of the There is Such a People party, said economic police were investigating two of the protest's union leaders. Yordanov also pointed out that no consensus has been reached so far at the talks with the protesters in parliament. "The trade unions are not optimistic about the negotiations," Podkrepa leader Dimitar Manolov said before the meeting.
Nineteen people have been detained last night for drug possession during a special police operation on the territory of Sofia, the Interior Ministry has announced. Cannabis, ecstasy and more than 400 canisters of laughing gas, as well as..
An Archangel All Souls' Day memorial service was conducted by Patriarch Daniil at the military ossuary museum at the central Sofia cemetery. In his message he stated that today we honour the memory of all of our soldiers: “They are an example..
Almost half of the unemployed under the age of 29 in this country have secondary school education, indicate the latest data of the National Employment Agency. There are 17.350 people from this age bracket registered at the job centres –7,570 of..
Today, 3 November, is International Day for Biosphere Reserves, declared by UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere programme. On this occasion, as of the second..
Today, Vice President Iliana Iotova is opening the exhibition “Ancient Thrace and the Classical World: Treasures from Bulgaria, Romania, and Greece” at..
In the elections on October 27 this year there were problems in both phases of the process - when the votes were submitted and when they..
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