Currently, the risks to the Bulgarian economy related to COVID-19 are primarily external. Two thirds of Bulgarian exports are to the European Union and Italy is Bulgaria's second trading partner. Exports are already delayed due to the refusal of carriers to travel, Chairman of the Industrial Capital Association Vasil Velev said in an interview with the BNR. He added, however, that Bulgarian companies were quickly adjusting to the new conditions. The biggest losses are for the tourism sector so far. About a quarter of Bulgarians may start working from their homes as a measure against the spread of coronavirus, Velev said.
A day before the boycott of supermarket chains due to high prices announced for February 13, the Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association and the Association of Dairy Processors signaled that over the past year the mark-up on dairy products has..
The mayor of Tutrakan, Dimitar Stefanov, and the mayor of the Romanian town of Oltenitsa, Mihăiță Beștea, have signed documents urging the two municipalities to work together to launch a ferry line across the Danube. The first services are expected to..
A photograph in the media of Minister of Labour and Social Policy Borislav Gutsanov (Bulgarian Socialist Party), MEP Kristian Vigenin (Bulgarian Socialist Party) and former PM Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha attending a conference, organized by the Russian..
A photograph in the media of Minister of Labour and Social Policy Borislav Gutsanov (Bulgarian Socialist Party), MEP Kristian Vigenin (Bulgarian..
Experts from the Royal Netherlands Police are in Sofia for a series of trainings for their Bulgarian colleagues from the Border Police in the field of..
With 197 votes “for”, the National Assembly unanimously approved, at first reading, a full ban on the import, trade in, supply, distribution and sale,..
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