The Bulgarian Finance Ministry has reported that the balance on the consolidated fiscal program for 2016 is positive and to the tune of close to 1.5 billion leva /about 750 billion euro/. The amount corresponds to about 1.6% of the prognosticated GDP of the country. The previous year saw a deficit to the tune of 2.8% of GDP meaning that compared to the same period of 2015 the budget’s position has improved by 4.4 percentage points.The year 2016 has been the first fiscal year since 2008 to see a surplus of the consolidated fiscal program.
On Tuesday, lows will be between 1 and 6°C, 1°C in Sofia. During the day it will remain mostly cloudy, with showers mainly in the southeast. Over southwestern Bulgaria the clouds will break up and clear. Maximum temperatures will be 4° to 9°C, around..
The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is to have a female president for the first time. Corresponding Member Evelina Slavcheva from the Institute of Electrochemistry and Energy Systems was elected today to lead the 155-year-old institution...
At a national meeting convened by acting Prosecutor-General Borislav Sarafo v to discuss the rise in public and domestic violence, it was declared that the Prosecutor's Office and the Ministry of the Interior would not tolerate such crimes. "Under my..
The financial effect of our country's accession to Schengen by land will amount to BGN 1.63 billion (EUR 833.4 million) per year, according to a study..
The Ministry of Transport and Communications supports the idea of naming Sofia Airport after Vasil Levski– the most undisputed figure in Bulgarian..
On the occasion of World AIDS Day, observed on December 1, volunteers from the Bulgarian Red Cross Youth in Sofia will light tealights on the Lovers'..
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