The main priorities of the caretaker cabinet in the financial policy will be Bulgaria's entry into the Eurozone and the stability of public finances, caretaker Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance Lyudmila Petkova said at a briefing. It also became clear that Georgi Dimov is the new director of the National Customs Agency, replacing Petya Bankova, who is currently under investigation. Rumen Spetsov will continue to head the National Revenue Agency.
Minister Petkova stated that according to a check based on data from the Bulgarian National Bank, the fiscal reserve stands at 6.7 billion BGN (EUR 3.4 billion) as of April 8. According to information presented earlier by former Finance Minister Assen Vassilev, the fiscal reserve stood at 9.9 billion BGN (EUR 5 billion) as of March 29.
Of the money in the fiscal reserve, 4 billion BGN / EUR 2 billion/ is the Silver Fund (The State Fund for Guaranteeing the Stability of the State Pension System), and 2 billion BGN /EUR 1 billion/ are revenues for future periods, including the expected proceeds from the second tranche of the Recovery and Resilience Plan, Minister Petkova said.
On Tuesday, minimum temperatures in the country will be between 11 and 16°C, 12°C in Sofia. During the day it will be sunny. In the afternoon, clouds will move in from the west and it will rain briefly, especially in the mountains. Maximum temperatures..
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The European Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski will be on a working visit to Bulgaria on May 21. His program includes meetings in Sofia with President Rumen Radev, with Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev, with the Minister of..
Caretaker Minister of Education Galin Tsokov has assured that the nearly 20 million euros earmarked in the budget for higher education..
There will be no significant rise in the price of electricity for household users, said caretaker Energy Minister Vladimir Malinov. Kozloduy..
On Monday , the cloudiness will remain significant and there will be rainfalls in the western half of the country. By the evening the..
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