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All of Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev's potential candidates for caretaker PM keep getting shot down by public criticism, Plevneliev himself has complained.
Plevneliev is supposed to appoint a caretaker cabinet in Bulgaria to be in charge of government affairs by the early elections on May 12, 2013.
The Bulgarian President spoke aboard his plane en route to Brussels where he is taking part in a commemoration of the rescue of almost 50 000 Bulgarians Jews from the Nazi death camps in the World War II Holocaust together with Israeli President Shimon Peres, the Standart daily reported.
"I find it very hard to find a caretaker Prime Minister and members of the caretaker government but I will be carrying my cross," Plevneliev commented further.
He noted that the caretaker PM must not come from politics or the business sector so that there cannot be any criticism about their past, but must be responsible and trustworthy.
Plevneliev has denied reports there were threats for his life which were based on the tightened security measures on his flight to Brussels.
People with disabilities in Bulgaria face the most severe difficulties in the entire European Union, alongside Greece
The current patient fee for a medical consultation has lost its purpose and no longer serves its intended functions, according to Bulgarian Medical Association (BMA) chairman Dr.
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
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