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.
The Council of Ministers approved a roadmap for the completion of Struma motorway. According to the schedule, an open tender for preliminary design is to be launched in February 2025 for the uncompleted Simitli-Kresna section. The route will be..
The national strike in Belgium, scheduled for 13 February, will lead to flight cancellations from/to Sofia from/to Brussels and Charleroi. Another flight is being diverted towards the Netherlands, BNR’s correspondent in Brussels Anguelina Piskova..
The German province of North Rhine-Westphalia has carried out its first charter flight to deport refugees, bTV reported. The flight included 7 young men from Afghanistan and Syria. They have no criminal records. The deportation is in accordance..
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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