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Bulgarian PM: Increase in Pensions, Social Payments are Guaranteed, No Troops to Ukraine
"Regarding the budget, what the finance minister told me is that some of the planned expenses will not be realized, not because someone will stop them, but because there is no readiness for them. However, we guarantee that there will be an increase in pensions, we also guarantee the social payments that were planned in the budget presented by the Cabinet".
Bulgaria: PM Denkov will personally monitor the activity of 13 Departments, Mariya Gabriel - 4
Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov will personally monitor the activities of 13 departments, and Deputy Prime Minister Maria Gabriel - 4, announced the government press service.
The Prime Minister will monitor the activities of several agencies, including Intelligence and National Security, the National Statistical Institute and the Patent Office.
UNESCO hails Australian plan to protect Great Barrier Reef
The U.N.'s cultural agency UNESCO welcomed on June 6 commitments from Australia to protect the Great Barrier Reef, with the government pledging 4.4 billion Australian dollars ($2.9 billion) to safeguard the natural wonder.
Australian casino group to pay $290 mln fine
Australia's Crown Resorts has agreed to pay a civil penalty of Aus$450 million ($290 million) for breaches of anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing legislation at two of its casinos.
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Australia bans TikTok on government devices
Australia said yesterday it will ban TikTok on government devices, joining a growing list of Western nations cracking down on the Chinese-owned app due to national security fears.
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said the decision followed advice from the country's intelligence agencies and would begin "as soon as practicable."
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Australia says nuclear subs needed to counter militarization
Australia's defense minister said Tuesday a deal to buy nuclear-powered attack submarines from the United States was necessary to counter the biggest conventional military buildup in the region since World War II.
Nuclear submarine deal ‘to generate jobs’
Australia is briefing neighboring Asian countries on its plan to build nuclear submarines ahead of an announcement about it in the United States, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, as local media reported the program could generate 20,000 jobs.
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Australia’s government urges China to remove trade barriers
Australia's new government has urged China to lift trade sanctions if it wants to reset a bilateral relationship that plumbed new depths under the previous administration.
Bulgarian PM: Bulgaria expects to receive its OECD Roadmap
"Bulgaria expects to receive its OECD Roadmap to begin work on it", Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said during a meeting in Delphi with Secretary-General of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Mathias Cormann. The Prime Minister expressed hope that there will be positive progress on the issue in the next few months.
Australia to open borders to vaccinated travelers on Feb. 21
Australia will open its borders to all vaccinated tourists and business travelers from Feb. 21 in a further relaxation of pandemic restrictions announced Monday.
Australia imposed some of the world's toughest travel restrictions on its citizens and permanent residents in March 2020 to prevent them from bringing COVID-19 home.