Minister of Finance Assen Vassilev has met with the US Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, Wally Adeyemo, in Washington. The two have discussed topics from the economic agenda of Europe and the United States and the possibilities for cooperation and support. The meeting was also attended by Deputy Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs, Anna Morris, and Brian McCauley, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe and Eurasia.
Minister Vassilev also discussed the possibilities of reducing the dependence on Russian gas and oil in the Balkans and the need to find a strategic buyer for the Lukoil Burgas refinery with Amos Hochstein, Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Adviser for Energy. A topic in the discussion was also the energy connectivity along the North-South axis between Greece, Bulgaria and Romania, the press center of the Ministry of Finance reported.
Bulgaria’s Anti-Corruption Commission is investigating a large-scale property fraud and money laundering scheme connected to the 'Historical Park', which is associated with Ivelin Mihaylov, the leader of the Velichie party. Those arrested include the..
The ruling party and the opposition argued about the procedure for the Budget Committee meeting before the final vote on the 2006 budget . Assen Vassilev, chairman of the We Continue the Change party, attempted to block the committee’s extraordinary..
Employees in the agriculture and forestry sector staged a protest in front of the Parliament, demanding higher salaries for workers in departments that are secondary budget administrators. The protest was organized by the National Federation of..
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