Up to 90 days of unpaid leave will be considered part of contributory service in the retirement scheme in 2021. This was decided by the Parliament at second reading with amendments to the State of Emergency Act. In this way, people who are on unpaid leave due to the pandemic will be able not to lose their right to a pension or unemployment benefits due to interruption of service and employers will be able to keep them longer at work, BTA reported.
Because of the coronavirus crisis, the government has already extended the period for unpaid leave twice, as previous to 2020 allowed unpaid leave was 30 days.
A new draft law on the state budget for 2025 will be submitted to the Council of Ministers by 14 February, along with draft laws on the budget of the National Health Insurance Fund and the State Social Insurance Fund. This was promised by Finance Minister..
During the night, the cloud cover will be significant. There will be fog in many places in the plains and valleys. The weather will be almost calm in most regions. There will be moderate southerly and southwesterly winds in Eastern Bulgaria and north..
Scientists from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) presented facts refuting speculations in Serbia that challenge the national identity of Bulgarians in the Western Outlands. In mid-January, our compatriots there sent a letter to Serbian..
Bulgarian exports to the USA in 2023 are worth 1.1 billion dollars, and number 1 on the export list with a share of nearly 19 percent are "coins that..
Swedish authorities have detained a ship suspected of sabotaging an undersea fiber optic cable in the Baltic Sea. The ship is the Bulgarian vessel..
On Monday, a section of the international road E-75 in Serbia will be blocked, the situation center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs..
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