Bulgarian Parliament Finally Approved 2025 Budget After Lengthy Debate
After an extensive session in the Bulgarian National Assembly, MPs approved the state budget for 2025 following a lengthy debate and multiple votes
Bulgaria's Socialist-led government is planning to release Martin Ivanov as Chair of the State Agency Archives and to replace him with Ivan Komitski.
The decision is expected to be voted Wednesday at the Council of Ministers sitting.
The official release of the government's press office does not list any motives for it.
Ivan Komitski has worked for the Interior Ministry's Archives Office between 1988 and 2008. He has headed the Archives Office of the State Agency for National Security, DANS, in 2008-2009.
Martin Ivanov, who was appointed in 2011 and is largely credited with the positive overhaul of the Archives' work, has learned about his dismissal from the media, the Bulgarian Sega (Now) daily reported Tuesday evening.
Before heading the Agency, Ivanov worked for 12 years in the Institute for History Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, BAS. He has specialized at the universities of Cambridge, Edinburg and the National University of Ireland.
Ivanov became known for his initiatives to digitalize the archives. During his term, police files dating from the period before 1944 (when the Communist party took power in Bulgaria), the protocols of the decisions of Politbureau of the Bulgarian Communist Party from 1944 until the fall of the Communist regime in 1989, and lists of those who perished in the Balkan Wars, among others, were published online for the very first time.
Brussels has unofficially warned Bulgaria’s Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova that the country’s euro adoption process could be suspended, according to BGNES, citing Nova TV.
"Everyone wants positions – in regulatory bodies and ministries," he emphasized.
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.
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