Miners who are blocking highways and key roads in southern Bulgaria in a protest against the government – which officially submitted their territorial Just Transition Plans to the EU Commission – continued for the third day, with unions refusing to appear at the Council of Ministers for negotiations with the Prime Minister. Every fired miner or coal-fired power station worker was promised 36 monthly wages as compensation, equal to € 75,000. The protestors demand coal-fired power plants operate at full capacity until 2038 when they will be shut down entirely.
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