Asen Vassilev

Starting next year, employers will pay only the first two days of sick leave. This is one of the measures that the authorities are working on for the 2024 Budget, Finance Minister Asen Vassilev announced at the meeting of the Trilateral Cooperation Council. The social partners discussed the parameters of this year's financial framework.

Exclusively for Novinite, Maxim Behar shared his thoughts on the image and branding of Bulgaria. According to the world-renowned PR expert, a "Minister of Image" is the key to better promoting Bulgaria in front of the world

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has issued absurd requirements for which journalists can cover the activities of Asen Vassilev's department.

By their nature, they represent nothing more than a brutal form of censorship.

Bulgarian political party "We Continue the Change" intends to become a full member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE). This became clear from the words of Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov, who, together with Finance Minister and co-chairman of WCC Asen Vassilev, participated in the forum of European liberals before the summit in Brussels.

GERB has received assurances from the leaders of "We Continue the Change" that there will be a rotation of the cabinet. This happened at the last leadership meeting between the parties, GERB leader Boyko Borissov told journalists in the parliament:

Finance Minister Asen Vassilev presented the parameters of the 2023 Budget. It is calculated based on average annual inflation of 8.7% and economic growth of 1.8%.

The deficit will be 3 percent, with capital spending severely cut from the cabinet's draft budget. The funds for the increase in pensions by 12% from July 1 have been secured, said Minister Vassilev.

Bulgaria is discussing with the European Commission and the European Central Bank (ECB) the possibility of the euro also being used in Bulgaria before its official introduction. This was understood from the words of Finance Minister Asen Vassilev while presenting the draft budget for the year.

The leaders of GERB-SDS, WCC-DB and DPS gathered at a meeting in the National Assembly because of the judicial reform and the changes in the Constitution.

The IT entrepreneur Vasil Terziev will be the candidate for Mayor of Sofia of "We Continue the Change", "Democratic Bulgaria" and "Spasi Sofia" with the support of the civic initiative "Ekipat an Sofia". The goal is victory in the first round and a full majority in the Municipal Council.

The Council of Ministers today discusses the proposal of candidates for European Commissioner. Two candidacies were presented, an opportunity provided in Ursula von der Leyen's letter. The two candidates are Daniel Laurer and Iliana Ivanova. Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov told the media after the extraordinary meeting of the government.