Nearly 22% of Bulgarians are "working poor", indicate the latest data of the National Statistical Institute at the end of 2022. This was announced by the Chairperson of the Economic and Social Council Zornitsa Rusinova at a consultative meeting with the MPs from the National Assembly Committee on Labour, Social and Demographic Policy.
The Economic and Social Council is preparing an analysis of the scope of this group of workers, as well as recommendations for legislative changes to reduce the number of these people. The experts will establish whether this is related to low qualifications and lack of certain skills of the employees or the reason is the employers and the payment of envelope wages.
The special commercial administrator of Lukoil Neftochim Burgas, Rumen Spetsov, has dismissed Evgeny Manyakhin as chairman of the company's board and revoked his authority to represent the company. The decision has been published in the Commercial..
Four in five Bulgarians do not believe the country’s democracy is genuine, according to an independent survey by the Myara sociological agency. The poll found that 81.2% of respondents said Bulgaria does not have real democracy, while 78.2%..
Convictions for high-level corruption in Bulgaria have been few so far. Sustained progress against high-level corruption is needed. This was stated by EU Commissioner for Justice, Michael McGrath, after the meeting of the EU General..
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will open a technology center in Bulgaria focused on emerging technologies such as Big Data..
Russia’s Lukoil said it reserves the right to pursue legal action to defend its rights and legitimate interests in Bulgaria after a special..
Violations were found in 27% of the inspected sections along the Black Sea coast , according to the control authorities of the Ministry of Environment..
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