Prime Minister Boyko Borissov congratulated, on Facebook, the European Commission on the contract for a potential coronavirus vaccine. He expressed particular gratitude to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for the equal..
The GDP of Bulgaria will shrink by 5.1 % in 2020, but will grow by 2% in 2021 and 3.7% in 2022, indicates the European Commission’s autumn economic forecast. In July Brussels predicted a bigger decline for the country (-7.1%), but also a higher..
The future of nuclear energy in Bulgaria will be the topic of an online discussion organized by the Bulgarian Atomic Forum . Specialists from other energy and business organizations will take part. The starting point for the discussion are the..
The Bulgarian Industrial Association (BIA) is against а uniform regulation in the EU of the minimum wages and of collective bargaining . In a letter to Bulgaria's Prime Minister, BIA rejects the European Commission's proposal to adopt a framework..
The majority of Bulgarians say that the economic situation is serious and that the growing prices worry them and they do not trust the government or parliament, a European Commission survey from the end of July says. Asked what worries them..
The European Commission has sent a letter to Bulgaria to highlight its concerns regarding an investor citizenship scheme operated by the country and requesting further details . The Bulgarian government has one month to reply to the letter requesting..
The EU needs an anti-misinformation strategy on 5G technologies. Otherwise, there is a risk lies might ruin the economic recovery. This was stated by 15 countries, including Bulgaria, in a letter to the European Commission, quoted by Reuters...
“We are unprepared for the “farm to fork” strategy which the European Commission adopted,” meat producer Kiril Vutev said for the BNR. “The aim of the strategy is to incorporate the participants in the agro food chain – farmers in the field,..
The systematic violation of the law and the public interest by the Prosecutor General, in an effort to protect the government and certain oligarchs at all costs and to attack those who are inconvenient, undermines the rule of law in the country, said..
The Cooperation and Verification Mechanism is still in place for Bulgaria, said Věra Jourová, Vice President of the European Commission at the presentation of the EU rule of law reports. “As you know, there were plans to lift it, but there is..
