Bulgaria’s cabinet approved the 2017 draft budget and the updated budget forecast until 2019. The priorities of 2017 state budget focus on measures aimed at encouraging reforms in education, developing the country’s defensive capabilities, improving healthcare system and completing the National Programme for Energy Efficiency. The public debt must fluctuate around 25% of the forecasted gross domestic product until 2019. Bulgaria’s authorities are not planning to issue new foreign debt in 2017.
The European Commission has approved 70 projects across the EU , worth more than €600 million , to support alternative fuels and reduce vehicle pollution. Bulgaria is participating in two of these projects and will receive funding to install charging..
Bulgaria’s GDP is expected to grow 3% this year, the European Commission said in its Autumn Economic Forecast, as reported by BTA. The projection marks an upgrade from the 2% growth rate estimated in the Commission’s spring outlook. The expected GDP..
Bulgaria has no additional conditions from the United States for the exception of the sanctions imposed on Lukoil to enter into force, Minister of Energy Zhecho Stankov told BNT. If necessary, the postponement of the sanctions against Lukoil can be..
The Speaker of the National Assembly has no right to rule unilaterally on a national referendum. This becomes clear from a decision of the Constitutional..
At a meeting in Berlin with Google’s Vice President for Government Affairs and Public Policy for Europe Annette Kroeber-Riel, Minister of E-Government..
On Wednesday, minimum temperatures will range from 5°C to 10°C across the country, reaching 12°C to 17°C in southern Bulgaria and around 8°C in Sofia. It..
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