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
Europe Bulgaria Bulgaria embassy in Kiev has been reopened with an acting ambassador, limited staff, and limited consular services; the idea is to make it 100% operational after communication channels with Bulgaria are fully restored
Europe Bulgaria Swimmer Tsanko Tsankov will face his next challenge today: he will become the first Bulgarian to take part in the crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar between Spain and Africa, part of the Ocean's Seven marathon chain
Europe Bulgaria Under pressure from public opinion and the media, a Bulgarian appeal court surprisingly overturned an earlier ruling and refused the extradition to Moscow of a Russian citizen who had burnt his passport in Bulgaria to protest against the war in Ukraine
Europe Bulgaria Unemployment remains at a record low with - 4.2% in July as registered in June, the Bulgarian Employment Agency reports, adding that at the end of the summer season the declared vacancies on the primary labor market are over 11.000
Europe Bulgaria The Bulgarian ambassador to Moscow was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry to be informed that Russia is expelling 14 employees of Bulgarian diplomatic and consular offices