348 million BGN / EUR178 million/ have been deposited into the Ministry of Defense's budget at the end of January as part of the compensation agreement for the provision of assistance to Ukraine, Minister of Finance Temenuzhka Petkova announced at a briefing at the Council of Ministers.
"With this, we are practically seeing an improvement in the balance of the state budget and the consolidated fiscal program. This is good news for both the armed forces and the public finances of our country", said Minister Petkova.
Bulgaria’s Minister of Defense Atanas Zapryanov explained that the funds acquired as compensation for assistance to Ukraine will be used for maintenance and modernization of the Bulgarian Armed Forces.
Illegal recruitment agencies in Uzbekistan are sending workers to Bulgaria with promises of salaries of 5,000 leva (€2,560) . The reality often discourages them from staying, leaving employers at a loss. Officials, employer organisations and businesses..
In an unprecedented move, the Bulgarian government approved the 2026 state budget draft at its meeting toda y without the agreement of employers’ organisations. Tsvetan Simeonov, President of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said that..
Today, Sofia will host the fifth edition of the Global Women Leaders Forum. The event is organized by the Council of Women in Business in Bulgaria. Themed “Fast and Furious Changing World: Women in the Driving Seat”, the 2025 edition of the forum..
"As of today, there will be no acting mayor of Varna and the position will be held by the legally elected mayor Blagomir Kotsev," said..
Bulgaria consistently opposes proposals to remove the requirement for unanimity in decision-making within the framework of the EU’s Common Foreign and..
President Rumen Radev has vetoed the legislative amendments related to the appointment of a special commercial administrator in the..
Mostly Cloudy
Partly Cloudy
Fog