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The Minimum Wage Determination Commission will meet on Dec. 2 to discuss the planned rise in the wage of around 6 million workers in Turkey.

The number of trips of Bulgarian residents abroad has increased by 11.5% on the year in October, reaching 335,500, the national statistical office NSI announced on Friday.

Russia's plans to extend its gas link to Germany run counter to European Union interests and risk further destabilizing Ukraine, 10 European governments said in a letter to the European Commission that called for a summit-level debate on the issue.

The Bulgarian parliament ratified on Friday the intergovernmental agreement with Poland on the repair of six of the country's MiG-29 fighter jets.

At first reading, the agreement was approved by 133 MPs out of the 177 lawmakers present in the plenary chamber, with 42 being against.

The Bulgarian parliament will finally discuss the ratification of the intergovernmental agreement with Poland on the repair of six of the country's MiG-29 fighter jets.

This is the first point on the agenda of the parliamentary sitting on Friday, with the discussion having already been postponed twice.

The 4th annual Economic and Trade Forum between China and 16 countries of Central and Eastern Europe started on Tuesday in China's eastern coastal city of Suzhou.

Hungary's Central Bank (MNB) said on Nov. 24 that it has bought back a majority stake in the country's stock exchange in an effort to boost weak trading volumes after years of sharp decline.

The MNB bought a stake of 68.8 percent from two Austrian firms, CESEEG and OeKG, for 13.2 billion forints (42.5 million euros, $45.1 million), raising its overall holding to 75.8 percent.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has said teachers' salaries in Turkey were below the average of those in OECD member states, stressing that seniority and teaching experience in Turkey were not well reflected in wages. 

Lawmakers in Bulgaria are to put to a final vote a deal signed with Poland on the repair of the country's MiG-29 fighter jets.

MPs are widely expected to ratify the deal which will send six MiG-29 engines to be overhauled in Polish facilities.

The document was signed in October during a visit by Defense Minister Nikolay Nenchev to Poland.

A Southeastern European conference called Go2Balkans is due to begin in Sofia on Wednesday bringing together tour operators, hoteliers and municipalities from Bulgaria and the wider region.