Bulgaria’s National Assembly did not annul the decision on suspension of Belene nuclear power plant project, made on March 29, 2012, Focus news agency informs. 50 MPs voted in favor of the draft decision which envisaged that the ban should be lifted and the Belene NPP project should be revived. 64 MPs voted against and 24 MPs abstained. Thus, the draft decision which was tabled to Parliament by the Bulgarian Socialist Party was rejected. According to the draft decision, the country’s Council of Ministers had to be assigned with the task to guarantee the fulfillment of the project and the Minister of Energy had to provide information in public once in every three months about the stage of the fulfillment of that project.
The Ministry of Finance published the 2025 draft budget and the medium-term budget forecast for the 2025-2028 period. The projected deficit for 2025 is up to 6.4 billion BGN (EUR 3.3 billion), which is 3% of GDP. Expenditures will not exceed 40% of..
A commemorative ceremony today in the center of Sofia will mark the 152nd anniversary of the death of Bulgarian national hero Vasil Levski. The solemn ceremony in front of the Monument to the Apostle of Freedom will begin at 6:00 p.m. Citizens will..
On Wednesday, the lowest temperatures will range between minus 8°C and minus 3°C, for Sofia around minus 7°C . During the day, snow showers in the northeastern regions will begin to stop, but in southeastern Bulgaria it will still snow in many places...
The Vazrazhdane parliamentary party is organizing a protest on February 22 in front of the Bulgarian National Bank against Bulgaria's entry into the..
The agriculture sector in Bulgaria maintains its stability, providing employment to 6% of the population and forming about 4% of the country's GDP. This..
A serious train crash involving a train owned by the Bulgarian company PIMK has occurred near Craiova, Romania. According to initial information, the..
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