More than 25 M euro has been earmarked during the new programming period of the Norwegian Financial Mechanism (2014-2021) for the improvement of conditions in prisons, and increasing the capacity of the employed in the sector of reintegrating prisoners. Plans and goals for the coming years include building a pilot prison with a training center, and creating transitional units (the so-called half-way houses) for adaptation of prisoners whose release is upcoming. Creating a Concept for basic and continuing training of probation officers, exploring the possibility for the introduction of new measures alternative to imprisonment and developing a specialized coaching program are among the other objectives during the new programming period.
Bulgaria welcomes the consistent efforts of the US and President Donald Trump to establish a just and lasting peace in Ukraine, the Council of Ministers wrote on the government's Facebook page. The final terms of a future peace..
On Saturday , the lowest temperatures will be between 9 and 14°C; in Sofia - it will be around 9°C. In the morning there will be fog and poor visibility in the valleys and fields in Western Bulgaria. During the day there will be..
Nikolai Popov - the father of 12-year-old Siyana, who lost her life in a heavy road accident, handed over to the Chairperson of the Supreme Court of Cassation Galina Zakharova a request from over 22 thousand people against corruption in the judicial..
I have spoken many times with Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia Timčo Mucunski. He knows our position very well. His role..
Bulgaria welcomes the consistent efforts of the US and President Donald Trump to establish a just and lasting peace in Ukraine, the..
Bulgaria will not have to bail out eurozone countries that are experiencing difficulties. This is what Lilyana Pavlova, former vice..
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