From the outbreak of the pandemic to the end of March 2021, the state treasury spent BGN 5.1 billion to deal with the impact of Covid-19. This […]
Category: Politics & Elections
Former Social Affairs Minister Ivan Neykov: Urgent Update Of State Budget Is Needed
“There is no government in the last 30 years which has not updated the budget. But It is indeed strange that we are talking about […]
EU Minimum Wage Legislation Can Help Reform Social Policy Amid Deepening Divide Between East And West
The proposal for a minimum wage directive currently under discussion is of key political importance. It is the Commission’s social policy flagship initiative, announced by President von […]
Bulgarians Are Divided On Vaccination Passports – Gallup International
The Bulgarian public is still divided on the idea of the so-called “vaccination passports,” shows a survey of Gallup International launched in collaboration with the tourism industry […]
Thirteen EU Member States Reach Agreement On Vaccination Passport, Bulgaria Among Them
Bulgaria is among the 13 EU member countries which reached agreement on 7 criteria necessary for the implementation of the COVID-19 vaccination certificates. The criteria have been submitted […]
Vaccination Task Force Called On Extraordinary Meeting By Bulgarian Health Minister
Bulgaria’s Minister of Health, Prof. Kostadin Angelov, on April 7, convened an extraordinary meeting of the National Vaccination Headquarters in connection with the information provided […]
Bulgarian Media Least Free In EU, SEE Amid Smear campaigns, State harassment – RSF
Bulgarian media are still the least free in the EU and in Southeast Europe (SEE) as the few outspoken journalists are victims of smear campaigns, […]
Retailers: Non-Food Retail Chains Are Broke, Brace For Civil Disobedience
Major non-food chains warn they do not rule out “staging protests and various forms of civil disobedience” if they are not allowed to open – without […]
Ivanina Mancheva: The Fiscal Reserve Is Below The Sanitary Minimum
There is no risk to the state’s finances, but the fiscal reserve is below the sanitary minimum and it would be good to have legal […]
Gerald Knaus Is a Virtue Signaller Not A Human Rights Campaigner
I got the idea to write this article after I saw a retweet from an individual called Gerald Knaus on the 10th of April was […]