CITUB President Plamen Dimitrov addressed budget concerns on NovaNews while acknowledging deficit warnings above 5 percent and inflation despite projected revenue increases of 6 billion leva. Dimitrov criticized tight tax forecasts aimed at achieving a 3 percent deficit target, but he defended the capital program as unprecedented in scope. He suggested existing shortfalls could be covered through program implementation by year's end without derailing eurozone entry plans.
Dimitrov opposed VAT increases as harmful to low-income citizens through indirect taxation. He recommended balancing next year's deficit to 3 percent through improved collection rates and taxation mechanisms rather than relying on tax hikes. The union leader...
Former Health Minister Petar Moskov told NOVA NEWS that Bulgaria's parliament offers no genuine governance alternative, as both government and opposition pursue creeping socialism toward state bankruptcy. Moskov linked Black Sea flooding deaths to state dysfunction, arguing right-wing governments maintain disaster preparedness while left-wing states waste funds on promises and social spending. The Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria leader rejected President Rumen Radev as an alternative, calling him a consolidator of fragmented left-wing and pro-Russian forces. Moskov proposed healthcare reforms, noting the Health Insurance Fund budget tripled to over 9 billion leva in 10 years without improving citizen care.
A mother and her one-year-old son suffered burns from boiling mineral water after a tanker hose ruptured in Erma Reka village earlier this week. The woman sustained first through third-degree burns as she walked near a spa hotel where a driver was filling tanks with 88-degree water. The stroller canopy shielded the infant from severe injury.
Zlatograd Mayor Miroslav Yanchev suspended mineral water extraction from the village well pending safety regulations. The thermal water originates 190 meters underground at temperatures between 88 and 90 degrees. Hotels had previously transported the water free of charge in tankers.
Police and the Labor Inspectorate opened investigations into the incident. The victim received treatment at...
Nikolay Denkov blamed recent flooding on construction rule violations after addressing journalists at a Youth for Change meeting in Sofia. The PP executive council member said deaths result from ignoring building regulations, not just corruption.
Denkov compared the situation to poorly constructed roads that cause casualties. He vowed to continue speaking the truth despite threats of imprisonment from those benefiting from improper practices.
PP Chairman Asen Vassilev noted that riverbed cleaning funds allocated in 2023 failed to prevent new floods two years later. He stressed that institutions must work together to properly solve problems when money is allocated.
Both politicians spoke at the youth structure gathering in the...
Sofia Mayor Vasil Terziev announced the formation of an organization to handle garbage collection in the Lyulin and Krasno Selo districts after refusing to sign a contract with inflated prices. Terziev rejected a 420-leva cleaning rate when the current services cost 144 leva, and the procurement estimate was set at 200 leva. He accused companies of cartelization and attempted extortion after one international competitor had trucks burned and another lost its license.
The sixth municipal zone remains the sole problem area as the municipal company Sofekostroy declined to perform cleaning work under city council rather than mayoral control. Terziev appealed to residents to endure temporary inconvenience rather than submit to what he...
Nessebar municipality Mayor Nikolay Dimitrov declined to confirm whether illegal construction exists in the Elenite holiday village. He told reporters that the focus remains on helping people affected by the disaster.
Dimitrov defended the municipality's preparedness when questioned about ravine maintenance before the flooding occurred. He stated that services completed their required duties, but the sheer volume of rainfall overwhelmed existing infrastructure.
The mayor emphasized that current priorities center on crisis headquarters operations and victim assistance rather than investigations. He indicated that inspections will follow once immediate response efforts conclude.
Municipal crews cleaned all storm sewers and manholes...
Emergency crews worked for a second consecutive day in the Elenite holiday village after two devastating waves killed three people and forced the evacuation of more than 200 residents. The Burgas District Prosecutor's Office opened three separate investigations into the deaths of a hotel employee, an excavator operator, and a 57-year-old border policeman from Burgas. The resort remains without power, and destroyed roads prevent access to beach areas where dozens of hotels sustained damage.
Heavy equipment operators cleared fallen trees and debris as volunteers from Burgas and Plovdiv joined fire, police, and gendarmerie personnel on site. Authorities requested specialized military teams to assist recovery operations, but officials...
Supreme Court of Cassation Chairman Galina Zakharova criticized a prosecutorial statement as excessive after the court ruled on Friday that Borislav Sarafov cannot serve as acting prosecutor general. The prosecutor's office claimed court leadership pursued political goals contrary to constitutional authority, but Zakharova defended judicial independence in her response on Saturday. She stated that no democratic nation permits prosecutors to challenge the Supreme Court's authority through public criticism of judicial decisions.
Zakharova wrote that judges maintain complete political neutrality, and stigmatizing legal conclusions undermines court prestige. The prosecutorial position suggested unclear political affiliations among court...
Vazrazhdane Chairman Kostadin Kostadinov blamed municipal and state authorities for three flood deaths in Elenite on Friday, and he compared the disaster to a 2014 Varna flood that killed 13 people in the Asparuhovo district. Kostadinov stated that both tragedies resulted from construction in drainage ravines and dry valleys that transform into rivers after heavy rainfall. Authorities tolerated illegal construction in Varna's ravine areas, and officials approved building permits in unsuitable Elenite locations.
The party leader demanded accountability from administrators responsible for approving construction in flood-prone zones. Kostadinov described the deaths as consequences of administrative crimes committed by state or municipal...
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