Bulgaria’s Premier Kiril Petkov called the anti-crisis measures amounting to EUR 1 billion “unprecedented”. The new measures will be included in the amendment of the state budget. The cabinet is expected to approve the measures at today’s sitting. Later, the Bulgarian National Assembly is to vote the anti-crisis measures.
Pensions are expected to increase with 10%. The Covid-19 supplement to the tune of EUR 30 will be included in the pensions as well. Drivers of vehicles with Bulgarian registration plates will be able to get a discount of 13 Eurocents per liter of petrol or diesel. The excise duty on electricity and gas will be abolished. The authorities will reduce VAT on central heating to 9% and VAT on bread to 0%. Bulgarian families will be able to claim tax relief for children. The budget deficit will be 4.1% of the GDP.
Bulgaria and the United States are to expand the scope of their Intergovernmental Agreement for cooperation on the project for the construction of a new unit at the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant and the civil nuclear programme. This possibility was..
Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivan Kondov is leading the Bulgarian delegation at the 45th session of the Ministerial Conference of La Francophonie, which will be held on October 3 in Paris, the Foreign Ministry announced. The foreign ministers..
Bulgaria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls on Bulgarian citizens in Iran to leave the country immediately due to the escalation of tensions in the Middle East, the Situation Center announced on the Foreign Ministry’s website. Bulgarian citizens in..
In December this year the Ministry of Finance will have covered the last of the criteria for accession to the Eurozone – inflation, said caretaker..
30 buildings across the country will be illuminated in green tonight to mark European Donation Day – the European Day for Organ, Tissue and Cell..
On Saturday, the lowest temperatures will be between 14 and 19°C; in Sofia - about 16°C. In the western regions, the highest..
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