A dead tsar returns and a windfall tax sparks conflict
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Greece is returning the remains of Tsar Samuel on October 3rd via a Spartan vessel. President Rumen Radev has requested a public procession to mark the occasion. Elsewhere in Sofia, hundreds gathered downtown to protest against Mr Radev and Vice President Iliana Iotova, while a separate vice-presidential candidate was revealed to hold Soviet citizenship.
A new formula for the minimum wage will deliberately slow its growth, as the country maintains its two-decade streak of having the lowest in Europe. The finance ministry noted that wage growth is generally cooling. Meanwhile, the government earned an anti-award from transparency campaigners and is preparing to consolidate 56 different social support measures from eight laws into a single code, which the minister in charge admits are confusing for people in need.
Finance minister Galab Donev and central bank governor Dimitar Radev clashed sharply over a proposed windfall tax, and the ruling coalition reportedly plans to raise the weekend tax. In the courts, the family of Aleksey Petrov conclusively won a case against state prosecutors, and witnesses delivered unexpected testimony in a trial concerning former prime minister Kiril Petkov and the arrest of his predecessor, Boyko Borissov.