110 mediums-sized and large enterprises with a total staff of more than 48,700 have been affected by the coronavirus crisis.
This is indicated by a nationwide survey conducted by the Confederation of Independent TUs in Bulgaria on 11 May. The survey involves 134 enterprises. 12% of the companies have undertaken staff cuts. In 66% of them the staff is on paid leave, in 23% - on unpaid leave. 7% of these companies are planning to resume work fully or partially after 13 May. They are in the processing industry, manufacture of automotive components, energy, clothes manufacturing and water and sewerage.
Bulgarian MEP Tsvetelina Penkova of the Bulgarian Socialist Party has been unanimously elected as President of the European Energy Forum - the largest organisation in the energy sector in Brussels. Ms Penkova will be the first woman to be..
Bulgarian students have won a full set of medals - gold, silver and bronze - at the 35th International Biology Olympiad (IBO) in Kazakhstan. The Bulgarians competed against 320 students from 80 countries in the world's most prestigious biology..
On the orders of caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev, the Interior Ministry has opened a 24/7 hotline for reporting fires , the government press service said. The number is 02 901 12 98 and works alongside the single emergency number 112...
Caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev has established a task force to combat the wildfires in the country. Today, he visited the Stara Zagora..
The 12 km perimeter of the big fire north of the city of Stara Zagora has been cordoned off , the regional governor Metodi Markov said. There are..
Tuesday will be sunny and very hot. Minimum temperatures will be between 17 and 23°C, 17°C in Sofia. Maximum temperatures will be between 37 and 42°C,..
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