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Bulgarian PM: Increase in Pensions, Social Payments are Guaranteed, No Troops to Ukraine

"Regarding the budget, what the finance minister told me is that some of the planned expenses will not be realized, not because someone will stop them, but because there is no readiness for them. However, we guarantee that there will be an increase in pensions, we also guarantee the social payments that were planned in the budget presented by the Cabinet".

Bulgaria: PM Denkov will personally monitor the activity of 13 Departments, Mariya Gabriel - 4

Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov will personally monitor the activities of 13 departments, and Deputy Prime Minister Maria Gabriel - 4, announced the government press service.

The Prime Minister will monitor the activities of several agencies, including Intelligence and National Security, the National Statistical Institute and the Patent Office.

Australia bans TikTok on government devices

Australia said yesterday it will ban TikTok on government devices, joining a growing list of Western nations cracking down on the Chinese-owned app due to national security fears.

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said the decision followed advice from the country's intelligence agencies and would begin "as soon as practicable."

Bulgarian PM: Bulgaria expects to receive its OECD Roadmap

"Bulgaria expects to receive its OECD Roadmap to begin work on it", Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said during a meeting in Delphi with Secretary-General of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Mathias Cormann. The Prime Minister expressed hope that there will be positive progress on the issue in the next few months.

Australia to open borders to vaccinated travelers on Feb. 21

Australia will open its borders to all vaccinated tourists and business travelers from Feb. 21 in a further relaxation of pandemic restrictions announced Monday.

Australia imposed some of the world's toughest travel restrictions on its citizens and permanent residents in March 2020 to prevent them from bringing COVID-19 home.

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