We have agreed that there is no point in ending the derogation after seven days, because that could cause stress in the market," said Kiril Petkov, co-leader of the coalition "We Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria" (PP-DB), after the parliamentary groups of GERB-SDS, PP-DB and the Movement for Rights and Freedoms met to discuss GERB's proposal to cancel Lukoil's exemption from importing Russian oil immediately, rather than waiting until October next year, as Parliament had previously decided.
In the words of Kiril Petkov, instead of focusing on the immediate abolition of the exemption, they will focus on the collection of taxes owed by the refinery.
"If Lukoil makes its legal payments, fuel will be 73 cents cheaper per litre for the end consumer," Delyan Dobrev, a GERB MP and chairman of Parliament's energy committee, said today.
On the second day of consultations with President Rumen Radev over forming a government, the leader of "Vazrazhdane" Kostadin Kostadinov expressed confidence that it was possible to have a cabinet within the new National Assembly. He..
The parliamentary group of PP-DB will insist for a hearing of the caretaker Prime Minister and the Minister of the Interior in the National Assembly over the reasons for increasing the level of protection of the chairman of GERB,..
The Armenian community in Burgas will present its traditional dishes at 10:30 am on June 25 in the Ethno-kitchen of the Ethnographic Museum at 69 Slavyanska Street. The event is part of the project "Old Burgas through the Eyes of Dr. Melkonyan". The..
The Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB) is starting "unlimited" financing for the country's defense industry. According to caretaker Minister of..
On Tuesday it will be mostly sunny before noon, with light to moderate east-northeasterly winds in the afternoon. Maximum temperatures will be between..
Caretaker Minister of Interior Kalin Stoyanov is attending the ministerial conference of the Salzburg Forum countries in Vienna, the Ministry of..
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