Bulgaria Gears Up for the Euro: Essential Cash Register and Vending Machine Updates (KEY DATES)
With Bulgaria preparing to adopt the euro as its official currency, changes in how retail transactions are processed are on the horizon
Kalin Stoyanov is the new Director of the General Directorate for Combating Organized Crime (GDBOP), reported 24 Hours daily. The reshufflinghappened after the previous director general Lyubomir Yanev was reassigned this morning.
So far, it is unclear where Yanev is going. However, according to informal source of information, this is not in the GDBOP, but another directorate of the Interior Ministry
It was previously reported that he had been reassigned this morning.
We remind that after the caretaker government assumed office, there were a number of changes. On May 13, the caretaker minister of economy replaced the CEO of the Investment Agency after deputy ministers from a number of ministries were replaced too. The CEO of the Customs Agency was replaced later. The Chief Secretary of the Interior Ministry Ivaylo Ivanov was also relieved of his post and before that the caretaker Minister of Interior Boyko Rashkov dismissed the administrative secretary of the ministry Boyko Slavchev because of an acquired right to a pension.
The head of the Sofia Directorate of Interior(SDVR) Georgi Hadzhiev was also dismissed, and yesterday President Rumen Radev fired the head of the State Agency for National Security (DANS).
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.
Every 20 minutes, fire alerts are received from across Bulgaria.
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