Irrigation Systems

As a result of the heavy rains in the North-West, the government is taking additional preventive measures to protect the life and health of the population, reports the press center of the Council of Ministers.

The Danube River at Vidin climbed 47 centimeters for the last day and reached a level of 756 centimeters. In Novo Selo, the river's rise was 58 centimeters and the level reached 724 centimeters, according to its EA Survey and Maintenance of the Danube River Agency, quoted by BTA.

After a 13-hour working day, MPs adopted the state budget for 2018, reported BGNES.

Bulgaria's National Electricity Company (NEK) hikes the prices for companies who buy electricity from the end-user EDCs by 16%, according to an announcement on NEK's website. 

Georgi Harizanov, former Chair of the Board of Directors of Bulgaria's state-owned Irrigation Systems, was brutally beaten in front of his home in Sofia late in Thursday.

The incident happened at around 10 pm in the Krasna Polyana residential district, according to reports of the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR).

The expected rainfalls in Bulgaria do not pose a risk for flooding of dams, the Agriculture Minister Dimitar Grekov assured.

"The dams managed by the "Irrigation Systems" company are under control", Grekov said.

Bulgaria's Irrigation Systems employees have already received their delayed salaries, Minister of Agriculture and Food Dimitar Grekov announced.

The funds allocated by the Government amount to BGN 15M, and only part of it, namely 1.6M monthly, will go for salaries.

Bulgaria's Irrigation Systems employees will receive wages due in two weeks, Agriculture Minister Dimitar Grekov pledged in the town of Kardzhali.

Earlier Thursday hundreds of people were set to begin demonstrations across Bulgaria over the lack of payment at the state entity, which is on the brink of declaring bankruptcy.