Balgarianovinite.com The Ministry of Labour and Social Policy will launch an internal mobility initiative aimed at people in large cities who want to work and live in smaller towns, in a more peaceful environment, sometimes with better social infrastructure and more options for daycare for children, Labour Minister Nataliya Efremova told BTA. She was in the village of Dobrodan, near Troyan, attending the opening of a retirement home that had been renovated as part of a project.
The Minister clarified that this measure is similar to the I Choose Bulgaria initiative which seeks to encourage Bulgarians who live and work abroad, to return to their home country.
but is linked to the demographics and population characteristics of the country. The goal is to support the process of returning to places where life is more peaceful and healthier.
The programme will be open for at least a year, since the requirement for receiving the incentives is that the person must have been employed for at least eight months by the 12th month, even with interruptions.
Efremova added that since the launch of the I Choose Bulgaria initiative, over 4,000 applications have been received. “Half of them have been approved – far more than we initially expected to be able to approve. The first payments under this measure have already started, meaning we have the first people returned who have found jobs and settled in with their families,” the Minister said.
Payments for household goods transportation, first incentives provided after the sixth month of continuous employment have also started, while those for the twelfth month are upcoming. To date, approximately EUR 400,000 have been paid out to over 200 individuals who have successfully submitted documentation verifying their six months of employment.
Efremova said that the application window for this measure is now closed, since the applications received are more than what the programme can financially accommodate, but the Ministry is discussing allocating additional funds that could be directed toward a new round of the initiative. Labour Ministry Measure Aims to Encourage Counterurbanization 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-06-19 14:40:43 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law
