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The Bulgarian Cultural Institute in Paris, in partnership with La Cinémathèque du documentaire à la Bpi, is launching a new initiative titled "If Bulgaria Were Told to Me." This initiative will showcase eight contemporary Bulgarian documentaries at the Forum des Images between April 5th and May 25th, 2023, offering audiences a glimpse into the diverse landscape of Bulgarian documentary filmmaking over the past two decades.

Dimitar Manolov, President of the Confederation of Labour Podkrepa, criticizes the current public sector pay model as inadequate and calls for a new approach. He emphasizes that prioritizing Eurozone entry over public sector salaries will have negative consequences and highlights the need for strong political leadership to implement the European directive on minimum wages.

The Bulgarian Employment Agency received over 7,000 applications from non-EU citizens seeking access to the local labor market as the summer tourist season approaches. The minister highlighted a significant influx of seasonal work applications across various sectors, with more than 4,200 registrations and 560 employer declarations processed so far.

Farmers across Bulgaria are facing a critical situation due to a lack of irrigation water, despite the winter rains. They claim that dams have been drained for electricity production, prioritizing it over irrigation needs, and are urging the government to take immediate measures to provide water for agricultural production.

Bulgaria and Jordan will co-chair a high-level security meeting in Sofia to discuss the security climate in the Balkans, focusing on information sharing and combating irregular migration, terrorism, and extremism. This forum marks the third iteration of the Aqaba Process for the Balkans, following previous meetings in Aqaba and Tirana.