The European Investment Bank and FUND Flag have signed a EUR 25 million loan to promote urban regeneration and rehabilitation in cities across Bulgaria. FUND Flag will match the loan amount with EUR 25 million of its own resources and channel the total sum (EUR 50 million) to Bulgarian municipalities, municipal enterprises and other institutions responsible for providing public services.
The money will be used for upgrading urban green areas and open public places, improving sustainable urban transport and reconstructing public buildings. The projects are expected to create 1,500 new jobs in construction sector. 20% of the investments are specifically intended for energy efficiency, the reporter of BNR Marta Mladenova announced.
On this day in 1991 the Seventh Grand National Assembly adopted the new Constitution of Bulgaria and dissolved itself, BTA recalls. This was the first new constitution in the former socialist camp, which came into effect the very next day, July 13. On..
The Bulgarian MPs have adopted regulations for the organization and activities of the National Assembly, BTA reported. The majority rejected the proposals of "Vazrazhdane" and ITN to have the MPs tested for drugs. ITN's proposal provided for the..
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..
After 17 MPs from the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, MRF, were expelled, among them the party’s other co-chair Dzevdet Chakarov, MRF MP Ahmed..
On Friday the weather will be sunny and hot. Clouds will form in the afternoon but there will only be isolated showers in some parts in Eastern..
Several European liberal parties have sent a letter to the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) to demand that Delyan Peevski be..
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