The final declaration of the EU-Western Balkans Summit, which is yet to be signed, has been approved by all 28 EU member states and will be supported by all leaders of the six Balkan countries, Bulgaria’s Deputy Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva assured, the Bulgarian National Radio informs. Spain is yet to decide whether it will take part at the EU-Western Balkans summit. The Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy arrives in Sofia on Tuesday evening to meet Bulgaria’s Premier Boyko Borissov. Premier Rajoy will attend the working meeting of the European leaders on Wednesday evening on the eve of the EU-Western Balkans summit which will be held on May 17 (Thursday). The EU-Western Balkans Summit is historical. I welcome the leadership of the Bulgarian government for the European perspective of the region, the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Elizabeth Millard told Bulgaria’s Deputy Premier Ekaterina Zaharieva during their working meeting in Sofia on Tuesday, the press center of the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.
The second helicopter to provide emergency medical services by air landed in Bulgaria this afternoon, the Health Ministry said. It will be used at the HEMS regional base in the city of Sliven. The eight air medical teams that will work there have..
Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev today received at the Foreign Ministry Susan Falatko, who arrived in Sofia a few days ago as Charge d'Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Bulgaria. A statement from the Foreign Ministry said that during the meeting, Minister..
Next week, the Podkrepa Trade Union will begin a series of meetings with parliamentary groups in the National Assembly on the 2025 state budget, BTA reported. During the talks, the unions will offer their views on the increase in salaries in the budget..
The effects of the protests against supermarkets are being felt, Agriculture Minister Georgi Tahov said in Plovdiv, where he was attending a national..
In 2022, 14.7% of workers in the EU were low-wage earners . By definition, low-wage earners are those who earn two-thirds or less of the average gross..
A serious restrictive and even repressive attitude among Bulgarian society on the current issues of school education and upbringing is shown by an..
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