Regarding the redirecting of EUR 20 million /BGN 40 million/ from the Operational Programme ‘Regions in Growth’ for combatting Covid-19 and mitigating the consequences of the pandemic, Deputy Minister of Regional Development Denitsa Nikolova explained, in an interview for the BNR, that the money will be used by the Ministry of Health to purchase 317 ventilators, 72,000 tests, 105,000 rapid tests, laboratory consumables and protective masks.
The procedure is underway for purchasing two ambulance helicopters. The redirecting of funds will not affect the implementation of projects already launched under the programme, Deputy Minister Nikolova said.
The European Union must remain united and predictable in its overall support for Ukraine, Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov said in his speech at the second emergency meeting on Ukraine, hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, announced..
The Bulgaria Parliament will hear today the Minister of Defense Atanas Zapryanov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Georg Georgiev about a "questionnaire" prepared by the US on topics related to Bulgaria's readiness to participate in a special military..
On Thursday, the minimum temperatures in Bulgaria will be between minus 14 °C and minus 8°C. In Sofia, it will be around minus 12°C. The day will be sunny but frosty. The thermometer values in most places will be negative. Before noon, there will be..
The Vazrazhdane parliamentary party is organizing a protest on February 22 in front of the Bulgarian National Bank against Bulgaria's entry into the..
The agriculture sector in Bulgaria maintains its stability, providing employment to 6% of the population and forming about 4% of the country's GDP. This..
A serious train crash involving a train owned by the Bulgarian company PIMK has occurred near Craiova, Romania. According to initial information, the..
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