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.At the initiative of the Council of Europe, the European Day of Languages is celebrated every year on September 26. The initiative, supported by the European Commission and the Council of Europe, aims to promote cultural diversity and..
Thursday will be mostly sunny. Here will be light easterly wind. The highest temperatures will be between 26° and 31°C; in Sofia – around 27°C. It will be mostly sunny in the mountains , with some cumulus clouds in the..
"Our world is facing a number of complex problems, from the unprecedented challenge to global peace and security to the escalating climate crisis and ongoing inequalities", President Rumen Radev said in his address to the UN General Assembly,..
The first coordination meeting with the participation of all structures involved in the contract for the acquisition of Stryker combat vehicles for the..
Friday will be sunny and temperatures will rise during the day to reach 28-33°C, 29°C in the capital. Lows will be between 11 and 16°C, 11°C in Sofia...
Bulgaria supports the United Nations' mission of having humanity's future shaped by development policies and not by military conflicts, President Rumen..
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