The Council of Ministers set the poverty line for 2024 at BGN 526, Labour
and Social Policy Minister, Ivanka Shalapatova, said after the government
adopted the decision at its weekly meeting on November 1.
The 100th anniversary of the proclamation of Turkey as a Republic was
celebrated with a scientific conference and exhibition at Sofia University. The
events were dedicated to the diplomatic relations between Bulgaria and Turkey.
Oct 29, 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
Central Election Commission (CEC) spokesperson, Rositsa Mateva, gave a
second regular briefing on election day, October 29.
Seven types
of illegal drugs worth about 950,000 BGN at the illicit drugs market, weapons
and over 100,000 BGM were seized in a large-scale special operation of the
Sofia Directorate of the Ministry of Interior on October 26.
Egypt plans
to enhance economic and trade cooperation with Bulgaria in the coming period,
said Minister of Trade and Industry Ahmed Samir on Sunday 22/10/2023.
The monthly
income needed to support a family of three has increased by BGN 136 since the
beginning of the year. In the last quarter it reached BGN 2,600 (€1,327), according to a survey conducted by the
Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB).
Bulgaria’s
Minister of Defence Todor Tagarev and US Ambassador Kenneth Merten opened the
Strategic Communications training, organised by the Public Relations and
Protocol Directorate of the Ministry of Defence in cooperation with the US
Defense Information School.
China
intends to strengthen its economic partnership with Bulgaria and other Central
and Eastern European countries. This became clear during a discussion on the
One Belt One Road initiative, which is 10 years old.
At its
regular weekly meeting on October 11, the Council of Ministers adopted a
decision that revokes a 2018 government decision related to a future Belene
nuclear power plant, the government press service said.
The protest
of miners and energy workers from Maritsa East coal mining complex continues
for the eleventh consecutive day on October 9.
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Bulgaria's Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov paid a visit to Berlin, where he
held a meeting with Germany's Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday
evening. At a joint press conference with Denkov, Scholz said he explicitly
supports Bulgaria and Romania to become full Schengen members. Germany will
continue to advocate the same to EU partners, the German Chancellor emphasized.
A meeting
of the expert working groups of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria
and the Republic of North Macedonia took place on October 2 in Skopje, the
Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said on its website.
Sofia.
The Council
of Ministers allocated BGN 1 million to finance the implementation in 2023 of a
programme to support the organizations of the Bulgarian communities in Albania,
Serbia, Kosovo, Ukraine and Moldova and of citizens of the Republic of North
Macedonia with Bulgarian self-awareness, the government information service
said.
The Russian
Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation has urged Bulgaria not to
give S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems to Ukraine, in order not to violate
international law, TASS reported.
Sofia/Blagoevgad - Southwest Bulgaria
The helicopter, which was reported missing earlier on Friday, was found
with the dead pilot's body in a remote ravine a couple of kilometres from the
village of Garmen (Southwest Bulgaria), the Interior Ministry said Friday
evening. A medical team is headed towards the scene.
Sofia.
A Lebanese
school in Sofia started the new school year with nearly 500 pupils. It is
celebrating the 25th anniversary of its founding and is now in a new building
that will house only students from the school, which is named after
Lebanese-American writer and poet Gibran Khalil Gibran, the organizers
said.
Bulgaria stands fully behind the European future of Albania, which is an
important factor for the security and stability not only of the region, but of
the whole of Europe, Bulgaria’s Vice President Iliana Iotova said during her
visit to Tirana on September 15.
Vice
President Iliana Iotova discussed with representatives of the local authorities
the opportunities for expanding the study of Bulgarian language and cooperation
between Bulgarian and Albanian universities, the press centre of the head of
State said on Thursday.