During a drill at 10 PM tonight, 31 January, in Sofia, the readiness to respond in an emergency and the preparedness will be tested of the control authorities and the reaction forces at a national and territorial level, the Interior Ministry has announced. In a real-life environment and in real time, practical action will be taken, in accordance with the drill scenario, with the participation of teams from the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Defence, Sofia municipality, emergency medical teams, the Bulgarian Red Cross etc. The Ministry of Interior has warned that there may be disruptions in traffic in the region of Sofia University and the St. Alexander Nevski cathedral tonight in connection with the drill.
“Five people from the parliamentary group are going to be “torn apart” during the voting for a cabinet but will, most probably, not give their support,” Ivelin Mihaylov, one of the founders of Velichie party said for the BNR. GERB-SDS..
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..
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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