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Bulgaria's Cabinet cuts costs by sending no Christmas cards this year

Thu, Nov 19 2009 13:29 CET

byPetar Kostadinov

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Bulgaria's Cabinet cuts costs by sending no Christmas cards this year

Photo: Nikolai Doichinov

Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has ordered the Cabinet administration to cut costs on the upcoming Christmas and New Year's Eve holidays.

This means that this year, the Government will not spend any money on printing promotional materials, such as calendars and postcards, or gifts and receptions.

The reason for the cuts, according to a statement on the Government's website, is to avoid unreasonable spending.

Borissov's order includes all chairpersons of commissions and agencies within the frame of Cabinet administration as well as the Government's Lozenets hospital in Sofia.

Borissov urged the rest of the Cabinet ministers and state agency heads that rely on Budget funding to also restrain themselves from unreasonable spending.

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Anonymous peter Thu, Nov 19 2009 14:51 CET
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Can someone explain to me Lozenets hospital. Is it a private hospital or only for ministers/deputies etc???


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