Krasimir Valchev

GERB unveiled its management program, with party leader Boyko Borisov expressing readiness to negotiate with any party that acknowledges GERB's agenda after the June 9 elections. During the event, Borissov emphasized that the political crisis should be resolved with a comprehensive management mandate and a prominent political leader heading the cabinet.

Today, deputies voted to provide Easter supplements of BGN 100 to pensioners whose pensions fall below the poverty threshold of BGN 526. However, the decision was met with opposition from some parties, sparking debates over the allocation of funds and the fairness of the distribution.

As of today, the dining facilities and entertainment venues are allowed to welcome their customers in their indoor areas at a capacity of 50% and opening hours until 11:00 p.m. Large stores also resume work, but with a limit on the number of customers.

"We have fulfilled our commitment to introduce compulsory pre-school education for children from the age of four and today we are allocating an extra 1.5 million to the first 52 municipalities in the country, which created conditions for such education in kindergartens," stated Prime Minister Boyko Borissov at today's cabinet sitting.

The government and health authorities are considering loosening of the anti-epidemic measures is under after March 31. This was announced at a briefing by Health Minister Kostadin Angelov.

Most likely, students will return to school on April 12 - after spring break. Kostadin Angelov together with Minister of Education Krasimir Valchev will draw up a list for all grades.

Prime Minister Boyko Borissov ordered the immunizations with the AstraZeneca vaccine to be suspended, until the European Medicines Agency assuages all doubts about its safety by written statement.

Bulgaria's Minister of Education Krasimir Valchev and the US Ambassador to Bulgaria Hero Mustafa signed an Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation between the two countries for a new 10-year period. 

As of today, another 42,000 students from junior high and high school study in attendance, reported Minister of Education and Science Krasimir Valchev during a working meeting convened by Prime Minister Boyko Borissov with representatives of the National Operational Headquarters, the vaccination task force and ministers.

"It's a matter of dispute where the coronavirus spreads fastest, but the fact is that close personal contacts are unavoidable in schools which contributes to higher overall morbidity," Minister of Education Krasimir Valchev said during a regular briefing of the National Operative Headquarters.

There is a risk that students will return to online learning because February and March are the most dangerous months from an epidemic point of view. There is still no „herd immunity" despite vaccination.