The General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation Luca Visentini and representatives of Bulgarian labor unions and Bulgaria’s cabinet will discuss on Monday in Sofia the social topics during the Bulgarian rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Bulgaria’s position on the European Pillar of Social Rights, which is expected to be presented by the end of 2017, will be also subject to discussions today. Luca Visentini and representatives of the Bulgarian government will also discuss topics related to the equalization of wages in Eastern and Western Europe and the issue related to changes in the posted workers directive raised by the French President Emmanuel Macron during his recent visit to Sofia.
The explosions at a UN guesthouse in Gaza on March 19, which killed Bulgarian UN staffer Marin Marinov and seriously injured five others, were most likely caused by two Israeli tank shells. Marin Marinov is the Bulgarian who died in the attack..
The cabinet headed by Rosen Zhelyazkov survived the second vote of no confidence. It was submitted by the MECH party, with the support of "Vazrazhdane" and "Velichie" parties due to its failure to deal with corruption. MECH files vote of no..
In July, it will become completely clear whether Bulgaria will join the eurozone on January 1, 2026. This was stated in an interview with the Bulgarian National Radio by Deputy Minister of Finance Metodi Metodiev. The two reports on the assessment..
Together with PM Rosen Zhelyazkov we discussed the EU plan for a new Black Sea strategy which the European Commission will present soon, announced EU..
In an interview with public service TV BNT, Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos, who is on a working visit to Bulgaria, stated that Ukraine and the..
Half of the companies from the Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association say that the tariffs on the import of commodities announced by US President..
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