Bulgaria

Nearly 2000 babies were abandoned in Bulgaria during 2014, the main reasons being poverty and problems in education.

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Bulgaria's President Rosen Plevneliev has congratulated Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff on the start of her second term in office.

Companies in Bulgaria may save BGN 113 M through the adoption of the third plan for cutting the administrative burden on business (2015-2017), according to Economy Minister Bozhidar Lukarski.

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Shortly after midnight, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov congratulated his Facebook subscribers in a brief New Year's address.

"2014 was a year full of significant events for the country. They made us more compassionate, more open to dialoguе, and more strong-willed. We did a good job over the past few months," he declared.

In his New Year's address to the nation, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev cited volunteering as a bright example of social solidarity during the critical periods in 2014 when the country was grappling with the damage caused by natural disasters.

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As of January 1, 2015, the minimum monthly wage in Bulgaria becomes BGN 360, up by BGN 20.

The minimum monthly wage is to increase to BGN 380 as of July 1, with an increase in pension rates under the Swiss indexation rule scheduled to take effect as of the same date.

The number of Romanians and Bulgarians living in the UK has crossed the quarter-million line, rekindling a debate in Britain over the size and pace of immigration ahead of an election in 2015 that could decide Britain's future in the EU.

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The road conditions in north eastern Bulgaria are deteriorating, Georgi Zlatev of the Road Infrastructure Agency told the Focus agency.

It had started snowing again in the regions of Shumen, Razgrad and Dobrich and the high winds are piling the snow on the roads, according to Zlatev.

The speaker of UNHCR in Bulgaria Boris Cheshirkov said on Tuesday that the past year has been unsuccessful for the integration of refugees in the country.

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The Director of the Executive Agency for Vines and Wine Krasimir Koev said that Bulgarians have drunk around 100 million litres of wine in 2014.