A new draft law on the state budget for 2025 will be submitted to the Council of Ministers by 14 February, along with draft laws on the budget of the National Health Insurance Fund and the State Social Insurance Fund. This was promised by Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova at the meeting of the Joint Governance Council. According to the Finance Ministry's analysis, the state budget deficit for the first quarter of 2025 will be around BGN 3.634 bn. (EUR 1.858 billion).
During the budget debate, the Council discussed the implementation of a number of measures to combat the grey economy and agreed not to cut public sector wages and social benefits and not to raise taxes. Bulgaria's entry into the euro area remains a priority.
An international conference "Just Transition in Stara Zagora" will examine the possibilities for the social and economic transformation of Bulgaria's largest coal region. International guests from regions in transition will present to Stara..
On Wednesday, lows in Bulgaria will be 5 to 10°C. In Sofia, it will be around 6°C. Rain will still fall in southeastern areas before noon. The wind will remain from the southwest to moderate, and in the afternoon and in the evening north of the..
The Bulgarian military contingent, which successfully returned from a peacekeeping mission in Kosovo, was welcomed with a ceremonial ritual in the central square of Asenovgrad. About 120 servicemen left 6 months ago and all have returned without any..
A yellow code for strong wind has been issued for 18 regions of Bulgaria on Tuesday . The minimum temperatures will be 4 to 9°C, around 4°C in Sofia...
Vazrazhdane party has sent a formal request to President Rumen Radev to call a referendum on keeping the Bulgarian Lev , the party’s leader Kostadin..
The Central Election Commission (CEC) must carry out the re-calculation of the election results it has been tasked with by the Constitutional Court...
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