Minister of Labour and Social Policy Denitsa Sacheva announced the launch of the new EUR 80 million government measure for tackling unemployment.
The aim is to reduce the number of people left out of a job during the coronavirus pandemic in Bulgaria. The measure is under the OP “Human Resource Development” and will involve hiring people who will be paid a minimum salary, plus social security installments. In Minister Sacheva’s words the number of unemployed before the state of emergency in the country was 200,000. At this time this figure is up by 90,000.
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Bulgaria’s Minister of Justice Georgi Georgiev conferred in Brussels with the European Commission team responsible for the Resilience and Recovery Plan (RRP) reforms in Bulgaria, reported the Ministry of Justice. EC: RRP payment depends on..
The Bulgarian National Radio will host the 2025 Public Broadcasters International (PBI) Annual Conference . The prestigious forum will be held from..
On Saturday, minimum temperatures will range from 8 to 13°C , around 9°C in Sofia. It will be mostly cloudy with rain in many areas. There will be..
On Friday, the minimum temperatures in Bulgaria will be from 6 to 11°C, in Sofia – 7°C. During the day, it will be cloudy over most of the country. In..
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