PM Zhelyazkov: Bulgaria’s Eurozone Convergence Report is Still on the Horizon
The request for a convergence report to join the eurozone will be made after February 18, once the draft State Budget is submitted
The Bulgarian parliament has rejected Thursday the 2008 activities report of the Commission for Protection against Discrimination.
On Wednesday the majority of MPs criticized the report, arguing that the Commission had spent BGN millions but had only taken action on cases of discrimination four times in 2008.
On Thursday the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) MPs and the ethnic Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) both defended the Commission while the nationalist party ‘Ataka’, the governing center-right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) and the rightist ‘Blue Coalition’ strongly criticized it before it was eventually rejected.
Pavel Shopov, an MP from the rightist ‘Blue Coalition’ stated; "This is an institution that is not needed because if there is such an institution we must assume that there is discrimination in Bulgaria.”
The DPS MP and Commission Chairman, Kemal Eyup, concluded that he “regretted that the debate on the report had become politicized” and denied allegations that the body was biased.
Bulgaria’s toll system now has the technical capability to track average vehicle speeds, as announced by the National Toll Management following a meeting with Regional Development Minister Violeta Koritarova.
The income required to cover living expenses for a working individual and a three-member family with a child under 14 has remained almost unchanged compared to June, according to an analysis by the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CI
The Council of Ministers has adopted a resolution to set the minimum wage at 1,077 leva, reflecting a 15.
Every 20 minutes, fire alerts are received from across Bulgaria.
I feel no moral guilt towards anyone. This was stated by Kiril Petkov, answering a question whether he would apologize to the Bulgarian people for violating the Constitution.
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