In the event of outstanding migration pressure, Bulgaria will dispatch people to the EU’s external borders, as part of the new European Border and Coast Guard Agency, said European Parliament rapporteur Artis Pabriks.
The new agency, planned as an extension of Frontex will be better equipped and organized and will have a staff of 1,500 who can be dislocated along the external borders of the EU if the need arises. Each country will send a different number of staff to the agency; Bulgaria will provide 40, Greece – 50. If necessary they will be in the field within 5 days.
In a press release, Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned the recent statements by the Prime Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia Hristijan Mickoski regarding the Bulgarian minority in the country and its inclusion in the..
Restaurateurs from around the country are holding a national meeting today in Veliko Tarnovo to discuss taking measures to protect the differentiated 9% VAT rate for catering establishments, BNR’s correspondent in Veliko Tarnovo Zdravka Maslyankova..
Bulgaria’s Minister of Defence Atanas Zapryanov will take part in the meeting of NATO defence ministers in Brussels today. The forum will focus on strengthening the alliance’s deterrence and defence capacity, how to distribute responsibilities..
A photograph in the media of Minister of Labour and Social Policy Borislav Gutsanov (Bulgarian Socialist Party), MEP Kristian Vigenin (Bulgarian..
With 197 votes “for”, the National Assembly unanimously approved, at first reading, a full ban on the import, trade in, supply, distribution and sale,..
94% of workers in Bulgaria are dissatisfied with their salary, shows a survey conducted by Podkrepa Confederation of Labor. 91% of the respondents in..
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