In Bulgaria, electricity costs remain the lowest in the EU, according to an analysis of Eurostat data for 2019, made by the Institute of Energy Management. Bulgaria ranks last among EU Member States with final price for electricity of 0.0976 euros/kWh. This is a price about three times lower than the highest, which is paid in Germany - 0.2992 euros/kWh. Bulgarian prices are comparable to those in Turkey and Moldova.
A comparison with neighboring markets shows that households in Romania pay 42% higher electricity bills and those in Greece - 70% higher. However, the electricity costs of households in Bulgaria’s western neighbors are averagely 18% lower, investor.bg reports.
Restaurateurs from around the country are holding a national meeting today in Veliko Tarnovo to discuss taking measures to protect the differentiated 9% VAT rate for catering establishments, BNR’s correspondent in Veliko Tarnovo Zdravka Maslyankova..
Bulgaria’s Minister of Defence Atanas Zapryanov will take part in the meeting of NATO defence ministers in Brussels today. The forum will focus on strengthening the alliance’s deterrence and defence capacity, how to distribute responsibilities..
On Thursday, minimum temperatures will range from minus 5° C. to zero, reaching minus 8° C. in the Eastern parts of the country, for Sofia around minus 3° C. During the day there will be clouds over most of the country. Until midday there will be a..
A photograph in the media of Minister of Labour and Social Policy Borislav Gutsanov (Bulgarian Socialist Party), MEP Kristian Vigenin (Bulgarian..
The Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association and the Bulgarian Association of Dairy Processors have raised concerns that the prices of basic food..
On Thursday, minimum temperatures will range from minus 5° C. to zero, reaching minus 8° C. in the Eastern parts of the country, for Sofia around..
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