Bulgaria’s National Assembly adopted at second reading the 2017 budget of the National Health Insurance Fund. In 2017 the National Insurance Fund will have nearly EUR 1.8 billion at disposal, which is EUR 125 million more as compared to 2016. The Bulgarian MPs rejected the proposal, according to which, the budget had to collect more revenues from health insurance contributions. Thus, the health insurance contribution remains at 8%.
The Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (DSB) are to nominate the party’s leader Atanas Atanasov for president of the 51 st National Assembly. According to BNR sources, the decision was made by the party’s national leadership and will be put to..
During the regional GERB youth academy in Targovishte, GERB leader Boyko Borissov stated that GERB would not sign the declaration of We Continue the Change/Democratic Bulgaria (PP/DB) for a cordon sanitaire around Delyan Peevski. PP/DB calls..
A protest took place in Velingrad in support of the farmers whose flocks of sheep have been quarantined because of positive tests for sheep and goat plague. To stop the spread of the disease, access to the area around the farms has been..
The financial effect of our country's accession to Schengen by land will amount to BGN 1.63 billion (EUR 833.4 million) per year, according to a study..
The Ministry of Transport and Communications supports the idea of naming Sofia Airport after Vasil Levski– the most undisputed figure in Bulgarian..
Over the next 24 hours the weather will continue cloudy, with rain mostly in the Southwestern half of the country and sleet in high plains. The..
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