Europe Bulgaria Bulgarian President Rumen Radev denounced as a hate crime the attack on the secretary of the Bulgarian cultural club 'Tsar Boris III' in Ohrid, North Macedonia
Europe Bulgaria Bulgaria's two largest trade unions, KNSB and Podkrepa, protested in front of Parliament in defence of the country's energy security, unhappy with the commitment to reduce carbon emissions by 40% by the end of 2025 compared to 2019 levels
Europe Bulgaria Parliament is expected to vote today on the proposed pro-EU cabinet of ex-PM Petkov’s “We Continue the Change” party upon mandate from President Radev, who in case of loss would then eventually hand the mandate to the pro-Russia socialists
Europe Bulgaria Outside the capital, the largest number of companies that applied for the first procedure under the Recovery and Resilience Plan came from the regions of Plovdiv, Varna and Ruse, said the Ministry of Innovation and Growth
Europe Bulgaria 12 gold passports have been revoked and procedure for 5 more is ongoing, out of 120 passports for investments that had been issued; the programme was recently shelved due to criticism by the EC for irregularities in granting citizenship to investors
Europe Bulgaria The interim government is continuing to work towards Bulgaria's accession to the eurozone; the country meets the debt and deficit requirements well, although they are currently waived
Europe Bulgaria The country is moving towards compliance with EU requirements for the automatic exchange of information on online platform traders as it adopted revisions to the Tax Procedure and Social Security Code
Europe Bulgaria Today closes the 7th edition of the Italian Cooking Week in Sofia: restaurants, shops and other businesses taking part in the activities offered themed menus, gourmet specialties and other initiatives
Europe Bulgaria Gas in Bulgaria will be twice as cheap as the European average, with supplier 'Bulgargaz' EAD proposing for approval by Energy and Water Regulatory Commission a natural gas price that is more than 47% lower for November
Europe Bulgaria In 2020, the Bulgarian business death rate rose to 14,64%, with 50.139 companies closing, second only to Lithuania, which had the highest business death rate, according to Eurostat
Europe Bulgaria Council of Ministers decided to partially suspend the operation of a provision of the Agreement with Russia on mutual travel of citizens, introducing the visa regime for Russian citizens with service passports
Europe Bulgaria Ex PM Boyko Borissov’s GERB party topped the popular vote in Sunday’s general elections, but his chances of forming a governing coalition remain modest unless he sides with the far-right, pro-Moscow Revival party
Europe Bulgaria The Bulgarian coast guard rescued 38 migrants trying to reach Romania from the Black Sea, the Interior Ministry announced, the first such incident in the region since 2014