Petar Haralampiev has been relieved of his post as chairman of the State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad, the government press service has announced.
The Agency’s deputy chairman Dimitar Vladimiorov will be acting as agency head ad interim until a chairman is appointed on a permanent basis.
Petar Haralampiev is currently in custody as a member of the group apprehended in connection with the corruption scandal over the sale of Bulgarian citizenship documents. Haralampiev is allegedly the leader of the criminal group.
There will be no increase in taxes or suspension of social payments, Minister of Labor and Social Policy Borislav Gutsanov said in an interview with public broadcaster BNT. Borislav Gutsanov stated that the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy..
Temperatures in the mountains are relatively high for the season and it is windy and foggy on higher ground. However, the conditions for winter sports and hiking in the mountains are good, reported BTA. On Friday it rained in some mountain areas,..
The convergence report for joining the Eurozone will be requested after February 18, when the draft state budget is submitted. In an interview with public broadcaster BNT, Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov stated that the draft budget..
Personnel and military equipment will be transported through the territory of Bulgaria between January 24 and February 9. The Ministry of Defense..
"I categorically want to put an end to all insinuations that Bulgaria is abandoning its goal of joining the Eurozone within the next year", said..
In a statement on behalf of "We Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria", MP Martin Dimitrov stated that the ''first action of the new government is..
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