In an interview with BNT, Bulgarian Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova said that the Tourism sector was not working at the moment. According to data from the Employment Agency, 23.7% out of over 70,000 newly-registered unemployed come from the hotel and restaurant sectors. Due to the Covid-19 crisis, 203 tour operators and travel agents were left without work. The so-called Measure 60:40, taken by the authorities in order to support business and preserve employment, has been used by nearly 48.7% of companies in the hotel and restaurant business, indicating that the measure does not satisfy everyone in the tourism industry, the Minister added.
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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