The Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association (BICA) has proposed a differentiation of minimum wages by types of economic activity rather than by regions.
Knowledge and skills acquired through higher education 'expire' in 5-6 years, after which they no longer match the requirements of the labor market, according to Ivan Neykov, head of the Balkan Institute for Labor and Social Policy and former Minister of
According to flash estimates, the seasonally adjusted industrial production index in Bulgaria increased by 1.0% in August 2012 as compared to July 2012.
Bulgaria does not expect to see a vast influx of refugees from Syria, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov has assured.
Salaries of Bulgarian teachers will go up by 5% at the beginning of 2013, Education Minister, Sergey Ignatov, announced Monday.
The Supervisory Board of Bulgaria's National Social Security Institute, NOI, approved Monday the 2013 draft social security budget.
Bulgarian renewable energy producers have threatened to notify the European Commission that the recently introduced grid access fee constitutes unregulated state aid to power distributors.
The cost for organizing the upcoming referendum on the fate of the Belene Nuclear Power Plant project should be covered by the major political parties' state subsidies, according to Delyan Dobrev, Minister of Economy and Energy.
There is no possibility whatsoever of the UK introducing visas for Bulgarians, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov declared on Monday.
The UK government has made no request to revise the treaty to change the right to free movement of Bulgarian and Romanian workers, a European Commission spokesman said on Monday.
Independent financial expert Mika Zaykova has warned that the European Commission could launch infringement proceedings against Bulgaria if the country approved the proposal for regionally differentiated minimum.
The site for investigative journalism Bivol.bg, official partner of WikiLeaks for Bulgaria, has received CRIM's Record of Decisions, listing the official denial to hold a public hearing on the alleged criminal past of Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Boris
Residents of Madrid and Navarre in Spain live longest in the EU, while the shortest life expectancy is registered in Bulgaria's Yugoiztochen (southeastern) region, followed by the country's Severdozapaden (northwestern) region, according to Eurostat.
Svetoslav Viktov, former lead vocal of Bulgarian rock band Hipodil and presidential runner at the October 23 2011 elections has decided to challenge all political parties in Bulgaria at the 2013 general vote.
The candidates of the opposition left-wing Bulgarian Socialist Party, BSP, and of the other major opposition formation, the ethnic Turkish party Movement for Rights and Freedoms, DPS, have won the partial local mayoral elections held in Bulgaria Sunday.
The Russian news agency ITAR-TASS has dedicated an article on the alleged outrageous abandoning of the Monument of Russian Tsar Alexander II, one of Bulgarian capital Sofia's main landmarks, in a village backyard.
A young man was killed and another man and five-year-old boy were injured Monday during the regatta in the "Iskar" dam near the Bulgarian capital Sofia.
Bulgaria's population will shrink to below 7 million by the end of 2012, according to an expert from the country's Center for Demographic Policy.
Code yellow for potentially dangerous weather has been declared on Monday for 19 districts in Bulgaria.
Movie star John Travolta was the co-pilot in the plane that flew him on Monday to Bulgaria's capital Sofia, location to some of the scenes in the upcoming action movie "Killing Season".
Representatives of Bulgarian restaurant and hotel sector have written an open letter to Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, insisting on revoking the full smoking ban in indoor spaces.
Denmark's goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel will skip the World Cup qualifier against Bulgaria on Friday.
Russian Maria Kirilenko, who was awarded the second wild card into the WTA Tournament of Champions in Sofia, said this is a chance to end the season on a good note after pulling out of Seoul because of injury.
Bulgarian tennis hopeful Grigor Dimitrov has defeated Spaniard Pablo Andujar7:5, 6:3 in the Shanghai Masters Men's Singles Round 1.
Bulgaria's national homeless football team, known as "the Team of Hope," secured its second and third wins at the Homeless World Cup in Mexico City.
Bulgarian prosecutors have demanded 25 years imprisonment for the defendants in a mysterious lawyer murder trial, which has stretched over more than a decade already.
The perpetrator of the terror act in Bulgaria has been the child of a mixed couple, according to a Bulgarian coroner.
Three of the total of six Bulgarian officials from the Road Infrastructure Agency, who were arrested last Friday, have been released on bail of BGN 25 000 each.
The Balkan Wars, which began on October 8, 1912, are considered minor footnotes in 20th century history. But they mean so much more.
Few people have any idea of the effect of mobilization on the national life in a small country like Bulgaria.
"She (German Chancellor Angela Merkel) does not come to support Greece, which her policies have brought to the brink.
Around 7,000 police will be on patrol on the streets of Athens when German Chancellor Angela Merkel lands in Greece on Tuesday morning, her first visit since the crisis broke out in the country three years ago.
Germany's government has voiced its respect for the reforms Greece is implementing to cope with the financial crisis on the eve of Chancellor Angela Merkel's keenly awaited visit to Athens.
Kakha Kaladze, one of Georgia's most renowned football players in recent history, has been named as the country's new Deputy Prime Minister.
British researcher John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka from Japan have shared the Nobel prize for medicine or physiology.
The 2012 Nobel Prize season kicks off Monday with the award for medicine expected be announced in Stockholm at 11:30 am CET.
Venezuela's incumbent President Hugo Chaves emerged victorious from Sunday's presidential election, receiving another six-year term in office.
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