The government has endorsed a regulation on the terms and conditions for the conclusion of agreements on the integration of foreign nationals who have been given international protection in Bulgaria. The State Agency for Refugees is obligated to put together an integration profile of each foreign national during the procedure of granting international protection. The integration measures include: the possibility of providing housing, registration at kindergarten or school of children accompanying the foreign national, Bulgarian language courses, health insurance and health services, career guidance and training for adults, employment and training programmes and measures etc. The integration policy measures will be financed under European funds, using international financial instruments as well as nationally.
''I am not surprised that the president’s veto concerning the sale of Lukoil’s assets was overturned, because even on such a delicate, serious and worrying issue, there were no arguments or discussion'', Vice President Iliana Iotova told journalists..
Birth rate in Bulgaria has decreased by 33% over the past three decades. In 1994, 79,442 live births were registered in the country, while in 2024 the number dropped to 53,428. 6.5% of Bulgarian children are now born through in vitro fertilization..
The majority in parliament overcame the president's veto on the Investment Promotion Act. The bill was passed in second reading on October 24, but President Rumen Radev vetoed parts of it, arguing that the proposed rules specifically..
The European Commission has presented a proposal for developing high-speed railway lines within the EU until 2040, linking the capitals in the EU, among..
The European Commission has decided to withhold EUR 215 million from the second payment under Bulgaria’s recovery and resilience plan, the EC told the..
With 111 votes for, 51 against and 43 abstained, the National Assembly approved the establishment of an ad-hoc committee to investigate the activities..
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