The annual inflation rate for May 2022 compared to May 2021 is 15.6%, National Statistical Institute data published today show. The monthly inflation rate – May compared to April 2022 – is 1.2%. The steepest monthly price rise is of..
One of the symbols of the Bulgarian town of Gorna Oryahovitsa is the Gorno oryahovski sudzhuk - a traditional local dried sausage that has been a trademark of quality and authenticity for more than two centuries. "Gornooryahovski..
There will be no food crisis, Plamen Abrovski, chairman of the parliamentary committee on agriculture, told the BNR. It clarified that the purchase of grain announced by the government has not started yet. "We need such a strategic grain reserve...
The annual inflation rate in Bulgaria accelerated to 6.3% in November, as the last time similar levels were observed in this country was in early 2009. The difference is that then there was a process of disinflation after a period of a double-digit..
The tripartite cooperation council did not reach accord on extending the differentiated VAT rate until the end of the pandemic. The caretaker cabinet wants the tax to be 9% for food and non-alcoholic beverages served at eating and drinking..
Between December 17 and 26, Plovdiv’s Kapana Creative District will host the traditional Kapana Fest bazaar. Earlier, however, the festival’s fans from Sofia have the opportunity to feel the Christmas spirit of Kapana district without leaving..
The lives of world-famous chefs Gianfranco Chiarini and Anna Chiarini include frequent trips to countless destinations. They have visited 114 countries, where they helped local entrepreneurs start their own business and turned their..
In the first 6 months of 2021 the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency stopped 1,546 tons of food imported from third countries from reaching the markets of Bulgaria and the EU. In 2020 the quantities were 2,100 tons. Among foods of non-animal origin,..
A pan-European study reports that every Bulgarian throws away 94 kilograms of food a year, while in neighboring Greece this amount is twice less. Despite the Bulgarian proverb "No one is greater than bread", Bulgarians throw away big quantities of..
The price of cooking oil will rise by up to 50% compared to the previous year because of low yield of sunflower in Europe, the Commodity Exchanges and Wholesale Markets State Commission forecasts. On the other hand, this year we buy..
