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Bulgaria’s Ministry of Labor and Social Policy released its National Employment Action Plan (NAP) for 2025 in early May,
Bulgaria’s opposition Socialists have held consultations with the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) over a potential motion of no-confidence in the minority coalition government led by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, a leading DPS official has said.
The consultations were held on the initiative of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP), DPS co-chair Chetin Kazak told public broadcaster BNR on Sunday.
At the consultations, BSP and DPS discussed submitting a possible motion of no confidence over the government’s healthcare and demographic policies as well as its record in law enforcement and the fight against crime, Kazak said.
The two parties, which hold among themselves 68 of the Parliament’s 240 seats, will hold a new round of consultations early next week to decide whether to seek a vote of no confidence and what its specific subject should be.
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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