According to Jaewoo Lee, Head of the IMF mission for Bulgaria, inequality in this country keeps growing.
As a measure to provide more resources for social spending, the Fund proposes increasing the maximum social security income without eliminating the flat tax of 10%. IMF experts, who have been in Bulgaria since February 4, have held a series of meetings with government officials, BNB experts, business and non-governmental organizations. The fund assessed the stability of the financial system and the state of the economy in 2019, announcing that stable, albeit more moderate economic growth is expected in 2020, as well.
Meanwhile, the National Statistical Institute announced that annual inflation in January was 4.2%, with a rise in prices marked in almost all goods and services.The newly elected president of North Macedonia, Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, announced on Facebook that she had a meeting with Bulgarian Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev, BGNES reported. "During the international peace summit in..
The 19 th World Meeting of Bulgarian Media, organized by BTA, will take place in the period June 18 to 21 in three cities in Ukraine where large Bulgarian communities live - Odesa, Bolhrad and Izmail. The topic of this year's edition..
A lasting settlement of the conflict will require dialogue between all parties, reads the final communiqué signed by 80 countries at the Summit on Peace in Ukraine held in Switzerland. The document, supported by the majority of participants, calls..
A hydrogen bus and the first hydrogen electric car in Bulgaria will drive through the streets of Sofia, Pazardzhik and Stara Zagora in the coming days,..
Bulgaria is among the countries in Europe where the tiger mosquito, which carries viruses such as dengue and zika, has become established. This was..
''Bulgaria remains fully committed to the strong and united response of NATO, the European Union and the international democratic community against..
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