Bulgaria’s Employment Strategy Struggles to Shift Focus from Temporary Subsidies to Long-Term Skills
Bulgaria’s Ministry of Labor and Social Policy released its National Employment Action Plan (NAP) for 2025 in early May,
New Republic of Radan Kanev has invited for unification another right-wing formation – Yes, Bulgaria. This became clear during a briefing of right-wing politicians headed by the co-chairman of the parliamentary group of the Reformist Bloc Radan Kanev, former minister and presidential candidate Traycho Traykov, MPs Petar Slavov, Metodi Andreev, Atanas Atanasov, Martin Dimitrov etc., reported BGNES.
“We are the alternative to GERB because there was no alternative on the Bulgarian right until now. We want to give new hope to the local municipalities, measures for overcoming the demographic crisis, in order to build a strong link between Bulgarians here and those living and working abroad. We will propose a 20% increase of the wages of teachers, people who work in the scientific field on the basis of results accomplished. We will ban totally gambling advertisements,” stated Kanev in relation to the announcement of the platform of the right-wing New Republic.
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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