The leaders of the governing parties - "We Continue the Change", BSP and "Democratic Bulgaria" are meeting this evening at 19:00 at a coalition council. The goal is to finally discuss the governing program proposed by the BSP as the recipient of the third government-forming mandate, as well as the chances of forming a government after the withdrawal of ITN from the negotiations.
Tomorrow, BSP are holding a meeting of the Executive Bureau to authorize its leader on how to complete the procedure of the mandate handed to the party. If it will be returned unimplemented or whether a proposal for a cabinet will still be tabled in the plenary hall would be decided after a meeting with the coalition partners and announced by Wednesday.
In an analysis of the pension system in Bulgaria, the International Monetary Fund urges the country to raise pensions by raising social security contributions and doing away with the maximum insurable earnings. According to the analysis, pensions in..
Bulgarian tour operators and travel agents are hoping the new parliament will reconsider the decision to revert to the higher VAT (20%) for the industry as of 1 July. They are insisting that tourist packages be subject to 9% VAT until the end of..
The first joint operation of the newly formed Mine Counter Measures Task Group Black Sea involving Bulgaria, Turkey and Romania is to take place July 2-16, the Bulgarian news agency BTA reports. The last time such an operation was carried..
Bulgaria’s national team of mathematics put up an excellent performance at the Junior Balkan Mathematical Olympiad. Six Bulgarian students returned from..
Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev handed the first cabinet-forming mandate to Rossen Zhelyazkov who is the prime minister-designate of the largest..
On Tuesday the weather will be sunny and hot over most of the country. Clouds will form over Western and Central Bulgaria in the afternoon and there..
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