“Employment recovery after the Covid-19 pandemic must become priority No.1 for the country,” Minister of Labour and Social Policy Galab Donev said in his address to the International Confederation of Labour.
In his words the quality of the workforce can be improved by offering more training opportunities, using digital technologies and developing new flexible forms of work and telework. Minister Donev announced that the 60/40 wage subsidy and job preservation scheme had cost over 1% of the GDP last year.
It was also announced that the government is planning a 2.5 billion Leva guarantee programme to help SMEs and the self-employed.
The Bulgarian National Radio has presented its annual journalism awards "Sirak Skitnik". The grand prize went to Tsveti Radeva, host of the folk music show "Imat li pesnite spirane" on Horizont channel. The grand prize was presented by..
During the night, the cloud cover will remain significant over the eastern parts of Bulgaria. Clear skies are in the forecast for the rest of the country. Around and after midnight, there will be fog in some valleys and lowlands . Minimum..
''Bulgaria has welcomed with great relief and joy the release of Bulgarian citizen Daniela Gilboa, who had been held captive by Hamas. This positive outcome is the result of intense diplomatic efforts, in which Bulgaria actively participated'',..
Personnel and military equipment will be transported through the territory of Bulgaria between January 24 and February 9. The Ministry of Defense..
''Bulgaria has welcomed with great relief and joy the release of Bulgarian citizen Daniela Gilboa, who had been held captive by Hamas. This positive..
The oil spill in the Black Sea will not reach the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, BTA reported. According to an analysis of recent satellite images..
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