Bulgarians Join Balkan Protest Against Soaring Food Prices
Bulgaria has joined Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro in organizing protests against rising food prices
Nikola Kazakov, Chairman of the State Agency for Refugees, has been dismissed, the Bulgarian government announced on Monday.
Kircho Kirov, one of Kazakov’s deputies, will serve as interim chairman until the government appoints a new incumbent, the government press office said in a statement.
The statement gave no reason for the dismissal of Kazakov but local media reports linked it to alleged wrongdoing in concluding contracts for supplying food to migrants and refugees. The contracts, totalling more than BGN 1.1 M, were signed last year at allegedly inflated prices and without calling public tenders for the procurement of food supplies, according to media reports.
Kazakov was chairman of the refugee agency under the first cabinet led by Borisov (2009-2013). He was fired by the next cabinet led by Plamen Oresharski (2013-2014) but was reinstated as head of the refugee agency by Borisov's second cabinet which took office in 2014.
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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