A new draft law on the state budget for 2025 will be submitted to the Council of Ministers by 14 February, along with draft laws on the budget of the National Health Insurance Fund and the State Social Insurance Fund. This was promised by Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova at the meeting of the Joint Governance Council. According to the Finance Ministry's analysis, the state budget deficit for the first quarter of 2025 will be around BGN 3.634 bn. (EUR 1.858 billion).
During the budget debate, the Council discussed the implementation of a number of measures to combat the grey economy and agreed not to cut public sector wages and social benefits and not to raise taxes. Bulgaria's entry into the euro area remains a priority.
Scientists from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) presented facts refuting speculations in Serbia that challenge the national identity of Bulgarians in the Western Outlands. In mid-January, our compatriots there sent a letter to Serbian..
Navigation Maritime Bulgare (Navibulgar) is conducting its own investigation into the case involving the Vezhen ship, announced Navibulgar CEO Captain Alexander Kalchev. He presented photos from the ship, which, according to him, prove that the vessel..
Burgas will apply to become the European Capital of Culture in 2032. As the first step, a foundation is being established to handle the strategy and preparations for the procedure. Its establishment was approved by the municipal council today,..
Seven years after buying the Denny ice cream factory in Veliko Tarnovo, London-based multinational Unilever is closing the plant. The company did not give..
Bulgaria’s Minister of Defense Atanas Zapryanov is leaving on a three-day visit to the United States, the Ministry of Defense said. Minister Zapryanov..
''A Bulgarian ship was detained on suspicion of damaging a telecommunications cable under the Baltic Sea between the Latvian city of Ventspils and the..
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