Bulgaria's Fading Appeal to Investors: IT Sector Grapples with Challenges
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Caretaker Minister of Economy Kiril Petkov removed from office members of the current Supervisory Board of the Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB), Dimitar Simeonov and Velina Burska. The proposed replacements are Vasil Shtonov and Valentin Mihov.
Thus, the Bulgarian Development Bank remains without operating supervision until the BNB decides whether the two new members proposed by the Economy Minister are suitable, Informs Trud daily.
This became clear after the meeting of the caretaker Minister of Economy Kiril Petkov with the Chairman of the BDB Supervisory Board, Stamen Yanev. Yesterday Petkov replaced the audit committee of the bank, and today it remains without operating supervision for indefinite period.
The Minister of Economy was also supposed to meet with the other two members of the bank supervision body - Mitko Simeonov and Velina Burska, but they explained to him that they refused to participate in such public meetings and were therefore fired.
We remind that the reputation of BDB was marred after it transpired that the bank provided huge loans, granted not to small and medium-sized businesses, but to big companies associated with oligarchs, such as Domuschievi brothers, Delyan Peevski, Georgi Gergov, Georgi Samuilov, Rumen Gaitanski the Wolf, etc.
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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