Gunther Oettinger

According to the reports, the institute will be launched with a staff of around 20-30 people and - as is typical for these Fidesz ventures - financed out of taxpayer money.

Prime Minister Boyko Borisov will take part in the opening Munich Security Conference today, reported the Bulgarian National Television. 

It will focus on the future of Europe, the transatlantic cooperation, the competition between major world powers and the cooperation in the field of defense policy.

Romania is ready to work at a sustained pace during the negotiations on the future European budget for 2021-2027, so that an agreement to be reached by the end of this year, Minister of Finance, Eugen Teodorovici, said in a release sent to AGERPRES on Saturday.

European Commissioner Gunther Oettinger said on Tuesday that the rule of law is an important value of the European Union, showing that it expects Romania to have a successful presidency of the Council of the EU.

The importance of cohesion policy as an investment instrument in Europe was reaffirmed at a high-level conference on "EU cohesion policy: post-2020 perspectives for convergence and sustainable regions", which took place on 8 June 2018 in Sofia.

European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources Günther Oettinger will take part today in the high-level conference in Sofia, whose main topic is the EU budget. The meeting will discuss the different options for the long-term Community budget after 2020.

On 27 October (Friday), European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources Günther Oettinger will be on an official visit to Bulgaria.

More than EUR 2 billion will be received by our country next year from the EU budget, sega reported. This became clear after the European Parliament approved the 2018 Union budget.

The budget provides for investment in research, scientific work, infrastructure, employment and handling problems with youth unemployment, as well as payments to farmers.

EU Budget Commissioner Gunther Oettinger said that after the leave of Britain from the EU, an annual deficit of 10 to 12 billion euros would appear in the Union budget. He explained that the EU should move to austerity or countries to pay more in the Union budget to offset the lower revenues. Reports Mediapool.

On the first government meeting of the Borisov 3 cabinet today, they will consider the nomination for a Bulgarian  EU Commissioner, according to BGNES.

During a phone call with the Bulgarian Prime Minister, the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker urged the Bulgarian Government to nominate Bulgarian EU Commissioner as soon as possible.