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

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

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

Greenpeace Bulgaria urges legal amendments to provide aid and relief to households producing energy from renewable sources to meet their needs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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