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Finance Minister: More than 3 billion Leva for Covid-crisis next year

Kiril Ananiev
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Minister of Finance Kiril Ananiev described the budget for 2021 as “anti-pandemic”.

“It has clear priorities targeted most of all at measures for overcoming the consequences of the crisis,” he said for BNR’s Horizont channel, adding that over 3 billion Leva had been earmarked for the purpose, of which 576 million for businesses.

“We have decided structural elements, the budget is balanced between the Covid-measures and the need to reform the individual systems,” Minister Ananiev said.

He explained that until December this year, the financing of the budgets of all ministries and institutions will be 95%, with a 5% buffer which will be used in the event of “force majeure” in the healthcare system.



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