Since the establishment of the European Fund for Strategic Investments, better known as the Juncker Plan, projects in Bulgaria using its framework total 773 million euros. The guarantees are expected to attract 4.7 billion euros in investments. according to a report by the European Investment Bank, presented by Lilyana Pavlova, vice president of the institution.
According to the analysis, the pandemic has limited planned investments of 46% of Bulgarian companies. Only 7 percent have invested more than planned. The reaction of Bulgarian companies to the pandemic corresponds to the EU average. 25 percent report growth in the use of digital technologies. They also expect a permanent reduction in employment.
In the first quarter of 2025, the control bodies of the General Labour Inspectorate Executive Agency shut down three times more sites, workplaces, machines and equipment that posed a direct threat to the life and health of workers, compared to the same..
The police in the town of Veliko Tarnovo (Central North Bulgaria) detained a tourist bus driver with more than 2 permille of alcohol in his blood while on duty. A tourist agency had hired a transport company from Pleven to transport its..
As an EU member state and a NATO ally, Bulgaria is an active participant in solidarity initiatives aimed at strengthening our deterrence and defense capabilities, Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov said in his speech at the Antalya Diplomacy..
Energy Minister Zhecho Stankov attended the tenth edition of the Delphi Economic Forum in Greece. "Bulgaria is a reliable partner in the region's energy..
Testing of the sectional average speed control system began today. The tests are being conducted by the National Toll Authority in cooperation with the..
Bulgaria is returning to Lebanon the remains of the terrorist who, in 2012, blew himself on a bus carrying Israeli tourists , BGNES reported. The..
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