The government ordinance, by force of which chain stores are obligated to sell Bulgarian produce from local producers, runs counter to Bulgarian and European law, engenders corruption and is unworkable.
This is the joint position of 4 international and 3 Bulgarian retail chains in the country. Their position reads that this measure will not boost the supply of Bulgarian commodities, but that the state is redistributing the market by giving an advantage to certain producers to the detriment of others. The retail chains cite as an example Bulgarian milk, which meets only 10% of the market demand and many producers will palm off foreign raw material as Bulgarian.
The national strike in Belgium, scheduled for 13 February, will lead to flight cancellations from/to Sofia from/to Brussels and Charleroi. Another flight is being diverted towards the Netherlands, BNR’s correspondent in Brussels Anguelina Piskova..
The German province of North Rhine-Westphalia has carried out its first charter flight to deport refugees, bTV reported. The flight included 7 young men from Afghanistan and Syria. They have no criminal records. The deportation is in accordance..
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A photograph in the media of Minister of Labour and Social Policy Borislav Gutsanov (Bulgarian Socialist Party), MEP Kristian Vigenin (Bulgarian..
With 197 votes “for”, the National Assembly unanimously approved, at first reading, a full ban on the import, trade in, supply, distribution and sale,..
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