The caretaker government is continuing the active dialogue with Brussels for renegotiating Bulgaria’s national recovery and resilience plan with regard to the “energy” section, said PM Galab Donev at a meeting with the leaderships of the two biggest trade unions in the country the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria and Podkrepa Labour Confederation.
Over the next three weeks the Commission is expecting the government to submit specific proposals and steps aimed at increasing the share of green energy in the country’s energy mix. “The country is seeking a balance, so as to preserve the jobs in the coalmining regions and to keep Bulgaria’s position on Europe’s energy map,” Galab Donev stated.
Bulgaria’s coalition parties have agreed to introduce a rotating chairmanship of the National Assembly. At today’s joint governance council meeting, members also discussed next year’s draft budget. Kostadin Angelov, Deputy Chairman of..
Google has donated an additional $1 million to the Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Computer Technologies (INSAIT) at Sofia University , bringing its total investment in the institute to over $6 million. According to the institute’s website,..
The Bulgarian government and the German defence group Rheinmetall have signed an agreement in Sofia to build a gunpowder and 155 mm artillery shell factory at the state-owned Vazov Machine Building Works (VMZ) in Sopot. The deal was signed by..
An earthquake with a 6.1 magnitude on the Richter scale hit Western Turkey at 22.48 hours last night. There were over 40 aftershocks after the..
Bulgaria’s draft social security budget indicates that the minimum wage from 1 January 2026 will be lower than the level set out in the Labour Code ,..
On Tuesday , the lowest temperatures will be between 3 and 8°C; in Sofia – about 4°C. During the day before noon cloudiness will be..
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