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Bulgaria receives 148 m euros from Brussels for Ukrainian refugees

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The European Commission has today paid over 3.5 billion euros to EU member states intended for Ukrainian refugees, of which 148,360,870 euros are for Bulgaria, BNT reported. Payments are in advance and can be used for food, accommodation, health care, education, access to jobs and other needs of refugees from Ukraine.

Meanwhile, BNR correspondent Zdravka Maslyankova announced that the largest hotel in Bulgaria's town of Gorna Oryahovitsa is facing bankruptcy due to unpaid state money for refugees. The hotel houses 85 refugees, and to feed them, the hotel owner Tsanka Dimitrova purchases products on credit.



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