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Sofia, February 13 (BTA) -
ECONOMY
"Operational Programme Environment is drowning" writes Capital weekly, and water utility projects worth nearly 2.0 billion leva are at risk. While all politicians talk about the Recovery and Resilience Plan all the time, Bulgaria is more and more liable to lose other funds designed for investment now. One of the major operational programmes, Environment, is currently in partial collapse. Chaotic management, incomplete procedures, little time and grave staffing problems may almost surely doom it to failure if the new leadership team around Environment Minister Borislav Sandov fails to utilize the remaining less than two years to invest over 1.5 billion leva.
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Dnevnik reports that the new head of the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWTC), Stanislav Todorov, sees no reason for electricity prices to rise after the moratorium is lifted. According to him, it is a mistake to trade on the Day Ahead segment of the energy exchange amid a crisis and insecurity, and is confident that this will change.
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Mediapool writes about the prediction of Movement for Rights and Freedoms MP Yordan Tsonev regarding the selection of a new governor of the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB). In mid-January, Tsonev cast former finance minister Simeon Djankov as a replacement for Governor Dimitar Radev, whose term expired on July 15, 2021. Now the e-zine quotes Tsonev as telling bTV on Sunday that he had learnt from a source from the ruling coalition that the person in question is called Ilian Mihov, brother of the head of the Bulgarian Development Bank Valentin Mihov. Still, Tsonev said he might have been misled.
24 Chassa also carries this story.
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Next week the Ministry of e-Government will publish for discussion the technical specifications for the development of a mobile digital ID application, one of its top priorities, Telegraf writes. Before this becomes a fact, it should be coordinated with the Interior Ministry, Minister Bozhidar Bozhanov says. Options include personal ID cards or even international passports, as well as various security levels.
POLITICS
Most media outlets carry the story of the protest of firefighters and rescuers planned for February 19 over the planned budget and changes at the Ministry of Interior. A late Saturday Facebook post of the Firefighter Trade Union says the decision had been taken by its Board. The decision refers to budget provisions envisaging staff and capital expenditure. The Interior Ministry's employees trade union will also join in the protests. Initiatives begin at regional level on Wednesday and a joint protest is scheduled for February 20.
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24 Chassa features an interview with Labour and Social Policy Minister Georgi Gyokov for the Bulgarian National Radio on the ongoing calculation of new options for pension raises, social inequality and minimum wages in the context of the new budget. The options about the calculation of pensions should be proposed to the National Social Security Institute by the end of April./BR
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DD1457ES.101
101 BULGARIA - PRESS
Press
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Review
Sofia, February 13 (BTA) -
ECONOMY
"Operational Programme Environment is drowning" writes Capital weekly, and water utility projects worth nearly 2.0 billion leva are at risk. While all politicians talk about the Recovery and Resilience Plan all the time, Bulgaria is more and more liable to lose other funds designed for investment now. One of the major operational programmes, Environment, is currently in partial collapse. Chaotic management, incomplete procedures, little time and grave staffing problems may almost surely doom it to failure if the new leadership team around Environment Minister Borislav Sandov fails to utilize the remaining less than two years to invest over 1.5 billion leva.
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Dnevnik reports that the new head of the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWTC), Stanislav Todorov, sees no reason for electricity prices to rise after the moratorium is lifted. According to him, it is a mistake to trade on the Day Ahead segment of the energy exchange amid a crisis and insecurity, and is confident that this will change.
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Mediapool writes about the prediction of Movement for Rights and Freedoms MP Yordan Tsonev regarding the selection of a new governor of the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB). In mid-January, Tsonev cast former finance minister Simeon Djankov as a replacement for Governor Dimitar Radev, whose term expired on July 15, 2021. Now the e-zine quotes Tsonev as telling bTV on Sunday that he had learnt from a source from the ruling coalition that the person in question is called Ilian Mihov, brother of the head of the Bulgarian Development Bank Valentin Mihov. Still, Tsonev said he might have been misled.
24 Chassa also carries this story.
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Next week the Ministry of e-Government will publish for discussion the technical specifications for the development of a mobile digital ID application, one of its top priorities, Telegraf writes. Before this becomes a fact, it should be coordinated with the Interior Ministry, Minister Bozhidar Bozhanov says. Options include personal ID cards or even international passports, as well as various security levels.
POLITICS
Most media outlets carry the story of the protest of firefighters and rescuers planned for February 19 over the planned budget and changes at the Ministry of Interior. A late Saturday Facebook post of the Firefighter Trade Union says the decision had been taken by its Board. The decision refers to budget provisions envisaging staff and capital expenditure. The Interior Ministry's employees trade union will also join in the protests. Initiatives begin at regional level on Wednesday and a joint protest is scheduled for February 20.
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24 Chassa features an interview with Labour and Social Policy Minister Georgi Gyokov for the Bulgarian National Radio on the ongoing calculation of new options for pension raises, social inequality and minimum wages in the context of the new budget. The options about the calculation of pensions should be proposed to the National Social Security Institute by the end of April./BR
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