Borissov Loses Patience: Political Bargaining Over Key Positions and Budget 2025
"Everyone wants positions – in regulatory bodies and ministries," he emphasized.
Former Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has admitted to being aware of irregularities in an operational program managed by the Education Ministry back in 2016, while he was in office.
Borisov, however, has made it clear he refrained from radical action on purpose to preserve the stability of the government.
"Of course I knew," Borisov has told news website Dnevnik.bg after a meeting of his GERB party at its headquarters in the National Palace of Culture (NDK).
"I made [then Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav] Donchev write letters. What else should I have done? Should [I have caused] the government to collapse?" he has asked rhetorically, adding "every minister [was] also a party leader."
Meglena Kuneva, who served as Education Minister at the time, is also the head of Bulgaria of Citizens Movement (DBG), GERB's junior coalition partner in the former government.
At the time of the developments, in the summer of 2016, the cabinet had just bid farewell to one of its coalition partners, left-wing ABV party.
The currently serving caretaker minister announced on Monday the European Commission would cut EU funding for Bulgaria due to irregularities in the way Operational Program Science and Education for Smart Growth was being managed.
Kuneva later said at a press conference she would not run for a Parliament seat in the snap election on March 26.
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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