“We are hoping Bulgaria will become a full member of Schengen by land at the end of 2024,” Minister of Transport and Communications Georgi Gvozdeykov said in an interview with public service TV BNT. “It will be synchronized with entry into the Eurozone. “Schengen opens up the prospect of a high level of economic development and gives rapid access to goods and people. Speedier traffic will raise the economic indicators,” Minister Gvozdeykov said. “At the moment border capacity is overstrained, the control regime has to be facilitated but implemented strictly,” Georgi Gvozdeykov said further.
Meanwhile, the National Audit Office issued a recommendation to the transport minister to give ports Varna and Burgas under concession. The document reads that the state-run port operators are temporary and privileged and do not pay fees for the use of public state property.
Some of the largest Bulgarian companies with over 1,000 employees have received invitations for meetings at the country’s police directorates. The summoned owners and CEOs have signed declarations that they will not promote voter coercion by employers..
The minimum wage will be set at BGN 1,077 (EUR 545) from next year, caretaker Minister of Labor and Social Policy Ivaylo Ivanov told bTV. ''The Labour Code stipulates that the minimum wage is calculated as 50% of the average wage. The government is..
We are about to pass the last stage of certification of the Regional Special Operations Component Command Headquarters with Romania, Maj. Gen. Yavor Mateev, Commander of Bulgaria's Joint Special Operations Command told reporters...
Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg arrived in Sofia by train, eyewitnesses report on social media. Thunberg was spotted walking along Sofia’s..
A Bulgarian siphoned 2.2 million pounds from the money of British taxpayers, the "Sunday Telegraph" reports. The scheme involved flying..
Caretaker Minister of the Environment and Water, Petar Dimitrov, says he does not think there was a problem in the location of the air..
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