The branch organizations from the agricultural sector have not yet decided whether farmers will hold a national protest, BNT reported. Meetings are to be held withing the associations to discuss what was greed yesterday at a meeting with the prime minister. According to Simeon Karakolev, co-chairman of the National Sheep and Goat Breeding Association, the government covered 90% of their financial demands.
The government has promised to allocate EUR 75 million for livestock farmers, dairy processors and fruit and vegetable producers. However, Prime Minister Denkov has not named specific amounts and producers will need to prove that they are making losses.
Minister of Agriculture and Food, Kiril Vatev, has met with the representatives of branch organizations that protested in front of the ministry today, the Ministry of Health reported.
''The second evacuation flight from Lebanon will be carried out today around noon, provided the circumstances are favorable'', caretaker Premier Dimitar Glavchev said before inaugurating the reconstructed border checkpoint “Kalotina”. The flight crew..
Bulgaria’s caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivan Kondov met in the United States with John Bass, Acting Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. The two countries agreed that the next session of the strategic dialogue between Bulgaria and..
300 women and 96 men can share memories of Bulgaria from the last 100 years. The highest number of centenarians is in Sofia, indicate data from the National Statistical Institute on the occasion of October 1- the International Day of Older Persons...
A State Aviation Operator crew is standing by to fly to Lebanon as soon as the phased evacuation of the Bulgarians there is given a green light. This..
Bulgaria has begun evacuating our fellow citizens who expressed a desire to leave Beirut following Israel's attacks on Lebanon. Some of the Bulgarians..
The speculations of a rise in the price of sunflower oil in the coming months due to the poor harvest in the country will not come to pass, Vladimir..
Partly Cloudy
Mostly Cloudy