“Bulgaria insists on an exception being made for essential oils in the drafting of the European amendments on the use of chemicals,” said Deputy Prime Minister Atanas Pekanov in answer to a question from an MP, connected with the concerns of rose growers that the planned changes will prohibit the use of their products in the food and the cosmetics industry. Atanas Pekanov explained that efforts were being made, together with other countries within the EU, so that an exception be made in the texts with regard to essential oils. Despite their biological nature, essential oils, including rose oil, are treated as chemicals and are classified in 4 classes of danger, Atanas Pekanov said and added this could have an effect on their use.
Joining the Eurozone, which includes 20 major European economies, will have an impact for the next 10, 20, 30 years, Bulgaria’s Premier Rosen Zhelyazkov told BNT, as quoted by BTA. According to him, the long-term benefits include a higher..
Before noon on Thursday, it will be mostly sunny, followed by cloudy skies and brief showers, mainly over western Bulgaria and the Central Balkan Mountains. In northwestern Bulgaria, the showers will continue until Friday night. It will be hot, with..
''Today, the European Commission and the European Central Bank categorically stated that Bulgaria meets the criteria for eurozone membership. This is a cause for pride for Bulgarian society, which in the late 1990s embarked on the path to be..
The balances in all bank accounts in Bulgarian levs will be automatically converted to euros from the date of the country's accession to the eurozone at..
At night, precipitation will stop and the cloudiness will break and decrease. In the morning hours, short-term fog will form in the..
At an official ceremony held in Kazanlak, Maria Shamburova was solemnly crowned as the town’s 57th Rose Queen. The coronation show of the Rose..
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