Checks along the merchant-processor-producer chain will establish the reason for the unreasonably high final prices of basic food products in stores, Minister of Agriculture Kiril Vatev has said.
Milk producers told BNR that in the commercial network the price of milk is six times higher than the purchase price. "How is it possible that from the farm to the store a liter of milk jumps from 31 euro cents to €1.84?”, they ask.
According to Mihail Mihailov of the Union of Cattle Breeders, farms are going bankrupt one by one and people are giving up livestock farming. "I know about a dozen farms with nearly 90 cows - the latest one had photovoltaic panels on the roof, owned by a 40-year-old man, who sold all his animals a few days ago," said Mihailov, adding that the farmers expect an adequate response from the state.
In 2022, 2.78% of the population in Bulgaria was experiencing water shortages (drought), mainly on a seasonal basis. The most affected districts are Lovech (24.9%), Targovishte (19.0%), Blagoevgrad (14.8%) and Pernik (12.9%), according to the National..
The Ministry of Finance has drafted a law on crypto-assets markets to regulate trading in this type of instruments, BNR’s Radio Sofia reports. The initiative comes in response to the European Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) which comes..
In 2023, farming products and food accounted for 47% of Bulgaria’s total exports to China. With regard to these exports in 2022 and 2023, Bulgaria occupies first place among the countries of Central and Eastern Europe . This transpired during a..
Any action that creates conditions for stigmatisation of a group of people, persecution, division and hatred in society is contrary to all the leading..
As the snap election draws nearer, GERB leader Boyko Borissov called for shared responsibility with the other political forces. This took place at a..
23 August is a day of commemoration of the victims of the crimes committed by the national socialist, communist and other totalitarian regimes...
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