Eggs imported into Bulgaria from Romania and Ukraine are being repackaged, re-dated and sold by Bulgarian traders as local produce. There are also imports of whole chickens which are declared as frozen thighs and then leave the transshipment points as..
Bulgaria is turning into an importer of electricity because that is more profitable for the country, energy expert Krassimir Manov said in an interview with the BNR. Despite the sufficient amount of capacities the country has, they are not..
The National Assembly has voted in first reading to end prematurely the exemption for the import of Russian oil approved by the European Commission. The adopted amendments will ban the import of fuels produced from Russian crude oil from 1 March 2024..
Economic growth in Bulgaria is expected to slow down in 2023 , according to the autumn economic forecast of the European Commission. After the good performance in 2022, exports will shrink this year due to reduced external demand. The imports for..
Grain producers are calling a protest, after We Continue the Change/Democratic Bulgaria (PP/DB), GERB, plus the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) proposed allowing the import of Ukrainian grain into Bulgaria after 15 September. PP-DB,..
The temporary ban on the import of wheat, maize, rapeseed and sunflower from Ukraine in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia has been extended by 3 months until September 15, 2023, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food said. The..
The European Commission has adopted exceptional and temporary preventive measures on imports of a limited number of products from Ukraine under the exceptional safeguard of the Autonomous Trade Measures Regulation. Agreement reached with EC to..
For a third day in a row, Bulgarian grain producers protested against the import of cheap Ukrainian grain. Some of them blocked the border crossing near the village of Kardam, dumping a trailer full of sunflower seed on the road..
The share of Bulgarian pork in the national meat market is close to 30%. The rest is imported from Western European countries. This is what Ventsislav Slavov, chairman of the Association of Industrial Pig Breeding, told BNR Varna. According to him,..
The European Commission is holding talks with the Bulgarian government due to concerns that refined Lukoil products may be exported from our country , EC spokesperson Daniel Ferrie announced. "Actually, Bulgaria enjoys a special derogation from the..
