The tripartite cooperation council failed to reach agreement on the draft budget for 2023.
Both employers and trade unions expressed serious concern over the excessive deficit of 6.4% which could lead to Bulgaria’s severe indebtedness, BNR’s Marta Mladenova reports. If all expenditure and revenues go ahead as planned, there will have to be additional debt financing this year, amounting to around EUR 7 billion. According to employers, the budget deficit proposed is going to delay Bulgaria’s accession to the Eurozone. The trade unions are demanding a rise in salaries in the public sector by 15-30%, and not, as the caretaker cabinet proposes by 10%, and only where salaries were not raised last year.
Four of the people injured in the fire that broke out at a nightclub in the Macedonian city of Kočani will be discharged today from the Pirogov Emergency Hospital, announced Prof. Maya Argirova, head of the hospital’s Department of Burns and Plastic..
The Ministry of Justice has published for public discussion a package of legislative changes against delay in serious road accident cases. These measures are the result of a commitment made by Minister of Justice Georgi Georgiev to parents..
For the first time, Bulgaria is presenting a national pavillion at the prestigious furniture and interior design exhibition Salone del Mobile 2025 , which takes place from 8 to 13 April in Milan, Italy. Eight Bulgarian companies will..
The personnel crisis in the tourism sector has reached critical levels, with various data indicating that up to 70% of tourist sites..
House prices in the EU rose by 4.9% in the fourth quarter of 2024 compared with the same period in 2023, according to data from the European statistics..
On Wednesday, the wind from the northwest will get stronger. Cloudiness will be variable, more significant in the afternoon. The..
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