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The initiative of the Minister of Economy and Industry, Nikola Stoyanov, to visit the headquarters of employers’ organisations and talk to each of them separately during the first week of his administration is a peculiar phenomenon for the last 30 years.

More joint initiatives, operational dialogue on priority topics and use of the expertise of employers and trade unions in the formation of policies in the sector. These are some of the priorities that the Minister of Economy and Industry Nikola Stoyanov presented at a meeting with the Confederation of Employers and Industrialists of Bulgaria (CEIB).

On the initiative of the Minister of Economy and Industry, meetings were held with the management of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and the Association of Industrial Capital in Bulgaria.

The State Consolidation Company has not yet paid the dividend due by law to the State Budget of the Republic of Bulgaria. This is the initial information from the analysis of the current state of the institution. According to a preliminary individual financial report, the amount that did not enter the state budget is over BGN 12 million.

A priority for us is the rehabilitation and development of state-owned companies in the system of the Ministry of Economy and Industry. This was said by Minister Nikola Stoyanov in the “The Day Begins” programme on BNT 1. According to him, a loss of more than 100 million was allowed only in VMZ for 2 months.

The Ministry of Economy and Industry received a signal about mass dismissals in the Consumer Protection Commission (CPC) and appointments to key positions without competition. The signal states that 6 of the heads of territorial directorates were released in a short period of time, which risks blocking the activity of the control body.

Or first-priority task is to prepare the economy for the coming winter. This was said by the Minister of Economy and Industry, Nikola Stoyanov, during the presentation of the priorities of the ministry he leads. According to him, the main topics for businesses and households are the increased prices of fuel and electricity, as well as the security of gas supplies, and they will be the focus of the institution’s agenda

Activating the work of trade attachés abroad, improving the conditions for doing business in the country, deepening the dialogue between employers and the state. These were the main topics at the meeting between the Minister of Economy and Industry Nikola Stoyanov and Tsvetan Simeonov, the President of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

More effort to increase productivity in the economy is the best mechanism to raise the incomes of employed people. This was said by the Minister of Economy and Industry, Nikola Stoyanov, who held meetings with the leaders of the two national trade union organisations – the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bulgaria (CITUB) and the Confederation of Labour “Podkrepa”.

I will enhance every ongoing initiative in the Ministry of Economy and Industry, my actions will be guided entirely by the legal provisions and I will not compromise with any breach of law. This was said by the Interim Minister of Economy and Industry Nikola Stoyanov during the ceremony of taking office in the institution. He emphasised that he will work closely with business and unions, and key priorities for him are transparency and dialogue.