We will use all admissible mechanisms against the amendments to the Mobility Package proposed by the French President Emmanuel Macron, Bulgaria’s Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rosen Zhelyazkov said in an interview for Nova TV. Minister Zhelyazkov said that he supports all types of admissible actions against the "Macron Package", including protests of Bulgarian haulers. Rosen Zhelyazkov reminded that Bulgaria, Poland, Lithuania and Hungary came up with a joint declaration against the amendments to the Mobility Package proposed by the French President Macron. On January 10 next year the issue will be discussed at a sitting of the European Parliament’s Committee on Transport and Tourism in Brussels.
The ruling GERB party claimed that employers are in favour of a higher VAT rate, but employer organisations denied this, insisting that no such proposal had ever been made. This clarification followed a meeting between GERB leader Boyko Borissov..
Ninety participants representing 57 Bulgarian folklore ensembles from across Europe and North America gathered in Sofia for their fourth Creative Meeting and Seminar. The event was highly constructive, featuring useful workshops and guest lecturers...
The European Commission has disbursed €438.6 million to Bulgaria as part of the second payment under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). On 3 October 2025, the Commission partially approved the payment, stating that Bulgaria "still needs to..
The amount of the average social security income for the country for September 2025 is 962.25 EUR and the amount of the average monthly social security..
The Sofia City Court has postponed the extradition case of Igor Grechushkin, the owner of a cargo ship linked to the explosion at the port of Beirut in..
Bulgaria’s Energy Minister, Zhecho Stankov, has reassured citizens and businesses that the country’s fuel supplies are sufficient to last for an extended..
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