Europe Bulgaria A regional coordination centre will be set up in Bulgaria to manage the overall use of gas and electricity infrastructure and additional gas purchases for the Balkans and Italy
Europe Bulgaria The country will create a special institution that will monitor and analyse trends in fake news on social and online media pretending to be news agencies; it will not monitor citizens because the aim is not to create a repressive apparatus
Europe Bulgaria Teachers' minimum salary has been increased by 12,3% as part of a collective bargaining agreement in the pre-school and school education system signed by the education minister and the social partners in secondary education
Europe Bulgaria A space exhibition will be on display today and tomorrow at the National Museum of Military History in Sofia, where visitors will have the chance to taste space food and take part in space workshops
Europe Bulgaria The Minister of Transport and Communications has asked German experts to draw up a logistics plan for the development of multimodal transport in Bulgaria and to make the national transport system more efficient
Europe Bulgaria Greenpeace Bulgaria urges legal amendments to provide aid and relief to households producing energy from renewable sources to meet their needs
Europe Bulgaria A new study conducted by Reboot SEO Agency revealed that the country is among the top 3 European countries for working women, with a score of 196,7 out of 300
Europe Bulgaria A series of public hearings on the recovery plan began, with health, transport and energy among the first topics for discussion; the government's discussions with MPs and civil society groups are broadcast on Youtube and Facebook
Europe Bulgaria Six cities and towns, including the capital Sofia, have been selected for EEA grants totalling almost €1,7 million for the use of geothermal energy in the heating and cooling of kindergartens and schools
Europe Bulgaria The country could warm by 4,4°C by 2100 and lose 20% of its precipitation; WWF and Konrad Adenauer Foundation warned that adequate policies and innovations and education of students and adults will be needed
Europe Bulgaria The country has refused to supply the fifth Covid-19 vaccine approved by the European drug regulator - by the US company Novavax - as the availability of vaccines significantly exceeds the needs of those wishing to be vaccinated
Europe Bulgaria A 11% drop of the population in ten years has been confirmed by the latest census, confirming that it is one of the countries in the world with the highest rate of population decline
Europe Bulgaria The Bulgarian Development Bank will provide direct financing of Lv 60 million, €30 million, to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises affected by the pandemic in the hotel and restaurant sector, which they can use to refinance overdue debts