National Audit Office

ABV - Movement 21, the Reformist Bloc - Glas Naroden, Volya and BSP have collected the largest donations two weeks before the snap parliamentary elections on March 26.

GERB, New Republic, the United Patriots and DPS have no monetary donations, showed the website of the National Audit Office.

NHS hospitals in England will have a legal duty to charge overseas patients upfront for non-urgent care if they are not eligible for free treatment.
From April this year, foreign patients could be refused operations unless they cover their costs in advance.
NHS Improvement, which oversees the trusts, said hospitals would no longer have to chase money they are owed.

A Chinese official has admitted his province falsified its economic data for years, state media said on Jan. 18, as the country prepares to release its national growth estimates for 2016.

At a meeting on November 23, the government approved additional еxpenses and transfers amounting to BGN 4.071 M, announced the press center of the government. 

Under the budget of the National Audit Office, BGN 140,000 were approved for additional expenses for 2016. These will be used for the payment of compensations to its retired employees.

The Bulgarian National Bank paid BGN 22.3 M to the Board of Directors and its employees in 2015.

BGN 6 M were for bonus payments, announced a report by the National Audit Office. Ivan Iskrov was the Governor of BNB until July, 2015. After that, the position was occupied by Dimitar Radev.

Bulgaria's National Audit Office will inspect the management of the Sofia Urban Mobility Centre, the municipal company operating public transport in the Bulgarian capital.

This was decided by the parliamentary budget and finance committee on Thursday, daily Dnevnik informs.

At its regular meeting on Wednesday, the Bulgarian government adopted a draft law on the prevention of corruption and forfeiture of illegally acquired property.

The bill foresees the creation of united anti-corruption body - national bureau for prevention of corruption and forfeiture of illegally acquired property.

At its regular meeting on Wednesday, the Bulgarian government discussed the edited version of the anti-corruption bill.

The draft law on prevention of corruption and confiscation of unlawfully acquired property will be presented on Wednesday to MPs from the two parties constituting the ruling coalition and the two parties supporting the coalition government.

The Bulgarian prosecutor's office demanded on Monday a four-year imprisonment for the former deputy speaker of parliament Hristo Biserov.

Sofia City Court (SGS) is to deliver its judgement on Tuesday, daily Dnevnik informs.

Salaries in the emergency healthcare sector will increase by 20% as of January 2015, according to Deputy Health Minister Vanyo Sharkov.

In a Tuesday interview for Nova TV he made clear that the aim was to introduce 20% pay hikes on an annual basis until a 100% increase is achieved in 2020.