The budgets of the State Social Insurance Fund (SSO) and the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) for 2025 have been published in today's issue of the "State Gazette", BTA reports.
On March 19, the deputies adopted the budgets of the State Social Insurance Fund and the NHIF on second reading. At around 7:00 a.m. on Friday, after a nearly 22-hour session, the deputies also adopted the state budget for 2025 on second reading.
In today's issue of the "State Gazette" The presidential decree appointing Brigadier General Nikolay Rusev as Commander of the Air Force, effective April 1, 2025, has also been published.
The government proposed earlier this month that Brigadier General Nikolay Rusev be relieved of his duties as Commander of the Third Air Base and be appointed Commander of the Air Force, as well as awarded the senior officer rank of Major General. In another decision, the cabinet proposed that the president issue a decree dismissing Major General Dimitar Petrov, also effective April 1, in connection with a report he submitted on his acquired pension rights. Brigadier General Nikolay Rusev is the most prepared aviation specialist, aviator-pilot, said the Minister of Defense Atanas Zapryanov.
The issue also published the decree appointing Colonel Metodi Orlov to temporarily fulfill the duties of the vacant position of commander of the 3rd aviation base, starting from April 1, 2025, until the appointment of a permanent one, for a period not exceeding one year.
The decisions of the National Assembly for the election of the governor of the National Health Insurance Fund and for a judge in the Constitutional Court have also been published.
On March 20, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Petko Stefanovski, nominated by GERB-SDF, was elected governor of the National Health Insurance Fund. "For" were 147 deputies, "Against" - 81. Again on March 20, the parliament elected Orlin Kolev as a judge in the Constitutional Court from the quota of the National Assembly with 127 votes “for“, 104 “against“ and two abstentions. He takes the place of Konstantin Penchev. Kolev's candidacy, proposed by GERB-SDF, was also supported in the re-vote by GERB-SDF, “DPS-New Beginning“, “BSP-United Left“ and “There is Such a People“ (ITN). The newly elected judge will be sworn in on March 27.