Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

National Assembly postpones decision to reduce party subsidies

Photo: Annie Petrova

The MPs from the Bulgarian National Assembly withdrew from today’s parliamentary agenda the amendments to the law on the national budget which envisaged the reduction of the subsidy for political parties from 5.62 euro (11 Leva) down to 0.51 euro (1 Lev) per valid vote. The official reason given is that the Committee on Budget and Finance has not submitted a report to the National Assembly.

Yesterday the Committee on Budget and Finance approved, at second reading, a budget update, by force of which, as of July 1, the subsidy for parties and coalitions per one vote should have been reduced to 0.51 euro, though they would have been entitled to donations in unlimited amounts from companies and natural persons. 



Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Partial state of emergency has been declared over fires in Sredna Gora

The regional governor of Plovdiv, Prof. Hristina Yancheva, announced a partial state of emergency in Hisarya and Kaloyanovo, BTA has reported. The measure was introduced because of the fires in the area of the villages of Pesnopoi and Mihiltsi near..

published on 7/12/24 5:04 PM

EC approves EUR 142 million in state aid for Bulgaria’s energy sector

The European Commission has approved state aid amounting to EUR 142 million (BGN 278 million) to support the energy sector, BNR’s correspondent in Brussels reports. The money is being granted to alleviate part of the expenses of the companies which..

published on 7/12/24 4:44 PM

Army personnel and two helicopters join efforts to put out big fire in Mount Sredna Gora

Army personnel and two helicopters from the 24 th air base at Krumovo have joined the efforts to extinguish a big fire in Mount Sredna Gora close to Pesnopoy village, Kaloyanovo municipality and Mihiltsi village, Hisarya municipality. The..

published on 7/12/24 3:23 PM