EU funds amounting to EUR 7 billion have been approved in the last two months under seven operational programmes . The money will support the Bulgarian economy over the next six years, Deputy Premier Atanas Pekanov said at a briefing at the..
There is no electricity shortage in Bulgaria. The gas storage facility in Chiren operates at 70% of its total capacity . Analysts predict that gas prices will remain high and that gas markets will not calm before the second quarter of 2022. Gas..
Bulgarian Development Bank has a new supervisory board, announced this country’s caretaker Minister of Economy Kiril Petkov. As of today, the bank will work only for small and medium-sized enterprises which apply for loans amounting to under EUR 2.5..
SMEs will be able to receive credit from commercial banks with an 80% guarantee from the Fund of Funds, the remaining 20% will be a risk borne by the bank itself. The measure is part of the recovery programme announced today by Minister of..
Bulgaria has extended four measures in support of families and employment, implemented under the Human Resource Development Operational Programme, including the 60/40 wage support scheme and “Keep Me” measure, announced the National Employment Agency...
The European Commission has approved a Bulgarian scheme to the tune of about EUR 80 million in support of support micro, small and medium-sized enterprises impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. It will be co-financed by the European Regional..
Bulgarian SMEs export their products most of all to Germany, Romania, Italy, France, Greece and Poland, with the expoirt of electric bicycles and mopeds accounting for the highest growth rate in the 2014-2019 period. In this index this..
Bulgaria’s Ministry of Economy and eBay will start joint trainings for digitalization of small and medium-sized Bulgarian enterprises. It became clear at the meeting between Bulgaria’s Deputy Minister of Economy Alexander Manolev and the General..
A mere 11 percent of small and medium-sized enterprises in Bulgaria invest in new technologies, whereas in Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands this percentage is 40, said Mark Nicklas head of the “Innovation Policy and Investment for Growth” unit..
Fledgling businesses and businesses that have been functioning for over one year cannot be put on a similar basis, Chairman of the Association Professional Forum for Education Yurij Andjekarski told Horizont channel of the Bulgarian National Radio:..
