As Minister of Economy I did not want to see this sector closed. However, the new restrictions will last for 3 weeks only. On December 21, the business will start functioning again. We need to take into account the epidemic situation and think about peoples’ health. “A healthy economy needs healthy people”, this country’s Minister of Economy Lachezar Borisov said for BNT.
The restaurant and catering business will be closed. Trade remains open, except for the shopping malls. We will have to invest EUR 200 million to support our economy. For the time being, no extension of the moratorium on loans is planned. According to the most-pessimistic scenario, GDP loss will amount to EUR 500 million, but this can be compensated, Minister Borisov contends.
In the space of 15 years, from 2005 until 2020, 75% of the farms in the country have disappeared – from 500,000 in 2005 down to 132,000 in 2020, said Prof. Dr. Bozhidar Ivanov, Director of the Institute of Agrarian Economics at an international..
In October 2024, the total business climate indicator decreased by 5.6 percentage points compared to September, dropping from 22.5% to 16.9%. The index declined in all monitored sectors, the National Statistical Institute announced. In industry, the..
Petar Ganev , senior researcher at the Institute for Market Economics announced, for the BNR, the publication of their white paper of the Bulgarian economy – Unlocking growth: the road ahead after the election. “Concord should be sought and..
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