European Commission Vice-President Jyrki Katainen in charge of jobs, growth, investment and competitiveness is currently on a visit to Bulgaria. Joining an international conference about the challenges to the cohesion policy of the European Union the guest said that Bulgaria was among the countries receiving the biggest percentage of financing from the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), and that by the end of June 2017 this country had received roughly 1.1 billion euro. Jyrki Katainen explained that the Cohesion Fund planned to invest in Bulgaria 6 billion euro for projects in transport, science, education and regional growth. Regarding Bulgaria’s forthcoming EU Presidency, Katainen remarked that it should give an impetus to work on the next EU financial framework.
On Saturday, minimum temperatures in the country will be between 2 and 7°C, in some valleys in the south-east 0°C, in Sofia 2°C. During the day there will be cloudy weather with heavy precipitation in the eastern areas. In the western part of the..
At an extraordinary meeting, the National Assembly examines the report of the temporary parliamentary committee on the agreement between the state gas supplier Bulgargaz and Turkish energy company Botas. However, the conversation moved into the..
Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs Stefan Dimitrov stated that he remains in office until there is a presidential decree for his release. We recall that his replacement was requested by the caretaker PM Dimitar Glavchev a week after taking..
Italy supports Bulgaria's full-fledged membership in the Schengen area, Italian President Sergio Mattarella said. Mattarella is on a two-day visit to..
Bulgarian Caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev has met with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte , the press service of the Council of..
The Bulgarian Socialist Party will send the parliamentary report on the gas contract with the Turkish state-owned energy company Botas to the..
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