The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry is posting additional staff at consular missions to cope with the tourist industry’s increasing needs of foreign workers during the summer season, reads the Foreign Ministry’s position regarding an interview given by Veselin Nalbantov, Deputy Chairman of the Bulgarian Hotel and Restaurant Association to the Bulgarian National Radio.
“Regarding the allegations of corruption practices in Delhi, we believe that if Mr. Nalbantov has credible information of instances of corruption at Bulgarian consular missions, he should duly refer the matter to the competent structures in the country,” the Foreign Ministry says, and adds that no reports regarding such practices by consular staff have been submitted to the ministry
The European Commission has announced that it has received a request from Bulgaria to revise its national recovery and resilience plan. The Commission will examine the request, submitted by the country on 16 April, and forward it to the EU Council for..
The state cannot afford to increase public sector salaries by 10% this year, as demanded by trade unions. This was stated by Social Affairs Minister Borislav Gutsanov. The minister pointed out that taxes had not been changed, while pensions had been..
The President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, José Ramos-Horta, is on a working visit to Bulgaria. This is the first bilateral visit since the establishment of diplomatic relations between Bulgaria and East Timor in 2003...
A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 shook Istanbul at 12.49 local time and was felt to varying degrees across Bulgaria, BTA reported, citing the..
The full accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen area is strengthening the European Union's economy significantly. This is stated in a report..
Sofia has met the last criterion for entering the eurozone. After meeting the inflation criterion, the data on the budget deficit for..
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