A broad-based working group is to be launched in the coming days. The group includes international experts, brought in by the EC, who will assist Bulgaria in the full transposition of a European directive regulating the criteria for determining the minimum wage, Minister of Labour and Social Policy Ivanka Shalapatova said in an interview with Nova TV. Minister Shalapatova stated further that the cabinet’s policy is for incomes to go up. “If we don’t invest in incomes, in labor productivity and competences there is no way we can live in a European country,” she said.
Today's eighth attempt by the Bulgarian MPs to elect a speaker of the National Assembly also proved unsuccessful. At the beginning of the day, there was a ray of hope that this time the people's representatives would reach a..
Public attitudes towards HIV/AIDS in Bulgaria show that a quarter of Bulgarians are ready to keep friendships with HIV-positive people, BTA reported. Men are slightly more tolerant than women (28% versus 23%). The data are from a..
GERB/SDS has withdrawn its nomination for president of the National Assembly. In the upcoming 8 th attempt to elect a president of parliament, there will be 3 candidates. Vazrazhdane is once again nominating Petar Petrov. There Is Such a People (ITN)..
The Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (DSB) are to nominate the party’s leader Atanas Atanasov for president of the 51 st National Assembly...
The second edition of the Festival of Apiculture Products continues in Pleven. The exposition features honey and apiculture products, as well as honey..
A Eurobarometer survey has registered the highest level of trust in the European Union since 2007 and the highest level of support ever for the common..
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