There is a 600 million Leva buffer to cover the necessary costs of the Covid crisis until the end of the year, this was announced at a working meeting of the outgoing government today.
“The 1.15 billion leva allocated during the pandemic in healthcare guarantees the predictability of all expenses, while the people working in the healthcare system can rest assured that financing will be provided for any need that arises,” said outgoing Health Minister Prof. Kostadin Angelov. He added that the vaccination rollout was going ahead at a good pace, and that Pernik, Pleven, Sofia were the most active regions with more than 2,500 vaccinations per 100,000 people.
5.5 million doses of vaccine are expected to arrive in Bulgaria during the second quarter.
Over 3,000 antiques worth more than EUR 100 million have been seized in an international operation, coordinated from Sofia, the Greek police reported. One of the largest antiquities smuggling networks has been dismantled with the support of Europol..
President Rumen Radev has issued decrees appointing ambassadors to Slovakia, Serbia and Tunisia. Snezhana Ivanova Yoveva-Dimitrova has been appointed ambassador to Slovakia, Angel Aleksandrov Angelov to Serbia, and Boryana Ivanova Simeonova to..
The Prime Minister of North Macedonia and leader of the ruling party VMRO-DPMNE, Hristijan Mickoski, has once again accus еd Sofia of failing to respect the rights of the “Macedonian minority” in Bulgaria. At the opening of the VMRO–DPMNE Albania..
The first quaternary wastewater treatment plant in Bulgaria was opened today in the village of Benkovski, Maritsa Municipality. “Today we are launching..
Bulgaria has officially become part of the European cultural route “The Wine Route” ( Iter Vitis ) . The certificate of membership was presented to..
A huge criminal network trafficking cultural artefacts and laundering money has been dismantled by the Bulgarian Prosecutor's Office, the General..
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