As part of Bulgaria's efforts to deepen its co-operation with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and to contribute to reforms in the country, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov presented an action plan to OECD Secretary General Angel Gurría. The plan provides for greater participation of this country in OECD activities and identifies areas for interaction with OECD experts in the pursuit of successful reforms. The Prime Minister presented his plan to meet with Gurría in Poznan, Poland, during the Western Balkans Summit on the Berlin Process. Deputy Prime Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva said Bulgaria and Macedonia would send joint teams to Poland and the United Kingdom to share experience in organizing the joint presidency of the Berlin Process, which Sofia and Skopje will take over in 2020.
With 111 votes for, 51 against and 43 abstained, the National Assembly approved the establishment of an ad-hoc committee to investigate the activities of George Soros and his son Alexander Soros and their foundations in this country financing..
Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov and Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev cancelled the meeting, scheduled for today, of the National Tripartite Council on the draft budget for 2006 after, in an unprecedented move, businesses decided not to take..
The European Commission has presented a proposal for developing high-speed railway lines within the EU until 2040, linking the capitals in the EU, among them a direct link Bucharest-Sofia-Athens. According to the plan, using the trans-European..
The Ministry of Finance and the Bulgarian National Bank are organizing a high-level conference today titled ''Bulgaria on the Doorstep of the Eurozone''...
The euro will help, but it does not on its own guarantee higher standards of living, said Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International..
Prokopan is the only railway tunnel on the Plovdiv-Burgas line. This became clear during a visit by Deputy Minister of Transport Lyuben Nanov, who was..
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