Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2025 All Rights Reserved

Nearly 30,000 Bulgarian farmers receive Covid-19 compensations

Photo: facebook.com/boyko.borissov.7

Nearly 30,000 farmers have received a total of EUR 30 million under the extraordinary measure which aims to provide compensations for the damages stemming from Covid-19, Bulgaria’s Premier Boyko Borissov wrote on the social networks.

Bulgaria is the EU country which initiated changes to the regulation that enabled the launch of this emergency measure for compensation of losses incurred due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In Premier Borissov’s words, a total of 53 EUR was earmarked to support Bulgarian farmers and processors of agricultural produce.




Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Bulgaria's minesweeper

The danger of drifting mines in the Black Sea will persist for years after the end of the war in Ukraine

"We need drones for aerial surveillance  so we don’t have to use helicopters and airplanes to monitor the Bulgarian waters", said one of the commanders in the Mine Countermeasures Naval Group in the Black Sea in an interview with public service..

published on 2/4/25 10:27 AM

Parliament needs to decide how voting will take place in the out-of-country constituency

Since January 1, there has been an out-of-country constituency. In the event of new parliamentary elections, it will have its own voter list. However, the issue regarding the length of the voter list will be resolved at the end of March at the..

published on 2/4/25 9:28 AM

Bulgarian researcher rescued after falling into a crevasse in Antarctica

Nuclear physicist Vasil Gurev fell into a deep ice crevasse during geophysical scientific research on the Contell Glacier in Antarctica, near the Bulgarian Antarctic base "St. Kliment Ohridski". Thanks to the adherence to safety protocols..

published on 2/4/25 8:56 AM