GERB Calls for Unity and Stability in Bulgaria’s Future Governance
GERB unveiled its management program, with party leader Boyko Borisov expressing readiness to negotiate with any party that acknowledges GERB's agenda after the June 9 elections
Simeon Djankov, former Bulgarian Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, is to enter the Supervisory Council of Russian VTB Bank.
Djankov, who is currently Rector of the Moscow-based university the New Economic School (NES), also known as the Russian Economic School), is to join the Supervisory Council of VTB Bank as an independent member, according to a media statement of the bank, as cited by Sega daily.
On Thursday, the Management Board of VTB Bank voted in absentia on the list of candidates for members of the Supervisory Council.
Russia's Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukaev and former Deputy Chairman of the Bank of Russia Gennadiy Melikyan are leaving the Supervisory Council of VTB Bank.
The two are to be replaced by Vladimir Chistyuhin, First Deputy head of the Bank of Russia for financial markets (SBRFR) and former Bulgarian Finance Minister Simeon Djankov, under a proposal of Rosimushchestvo.
The Supervisory Council of VTB Bank is to make its final decision on the nominees at a general shareholders' meeting in June.
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Bulgaria’s prospects for joining the euro in 2025 have been bolstered by a cooling annual inflation rate, which dropped to the eurozone average of 2.4% in April, marking its first dip below 3% since the summer of 2021
In April, inflation across the European Union remained steady, with both the EU and the Eurozone recording a rate of 2.6% and 2.4%, respectively, according to data from Eurostat, the official statistics agency of the EU
Julian Voinov, an economist and financial expert, expressed optimism regarding Bulgaria's potential adoption of the euro in 2025 or early 2026
This was stated by the Governor of the Bulgarian National Bank at the international conference "Bulgaria in the Eurozone, When?" in Sofia
Former Finance Minister Simeon Dyankov has suggested that Bulgaria's potential entry into the Eurozone may not materialize before 2026
In the initial quarter of 2024, Bulgaria's economy expanded by 0.4%, as per an expedited evaluation by the National Statistical Institute (NSI), a slight deceleration from the 0.5% growth witnessed in the final quarter of the preceding year
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