A poll by the National Statistical Institute on the effect of the state of emergency on economy shows that in March 53.5% of Bulgarian enterprises marked a decline in sales revenues. 36.3% report no change and 9.5% report rise of revenue.
In the spheres of culture, sports, entertainment, repair of household items, the number of affected enterprises reaches 70.6%. In industry, this percentage is 52.9%; in construction - 51.2%, and in the trade, transport and restaurant business - 56.3%. A total of 80.6% of polled non-financial enterprises forecast that they would continue their activity; 15.4% say that they would temporarily stop, and 2% answered that they would discontinue their activity.
Swiss commodity trader Gunvor said it has withdrawn its proposal to buy Lukoil’s foreign assets, including the refinery in Burgas, after the U.S. Treasury called it Russia’s ‘puppet’, Reuters reported. Prime Minister: Bulgaria has a..
Bulgaria’s Premier Rosen Zhelyazkov and Ukrainie’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed energy security in the region and opportunities to strengthen cooperation in this area. The two held a phone conversation on November 6. They also discussed..
Six migrants died after the car transporting them overturned on the shore of Lake Vaya near Burgas. Before the accident, the traffickers’ car had been chased by border police between the towns of Kiten and Burgas. The driver of the car — a Romanian..
Birth rate in Bulgaria has decreased by 33% over the past three decades. In 1994, 79,442 live births were registered in the country, while in 2024 the..
The European Commission has decided to withhold EUR 215 million from the second payment under Bulgaria’s recovery and resilience plan, the EC told the..
With 111 votes for, 51 against and 43 abstained, the National Assembly approved the establishment of an ad-hoc committee to investigate the activities..
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