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At its meeting on Wednesday, the Cabinet managed to allocate, within about an hour, nearly BGN 81 M.
According to PM Boyko Borisov, the increase in funds is due to larger contributions by collection agencies and the Interior Ministry, and the money comes from penalising contraband and various financial crimes.
The largest amount of BGN 50 M was allocated for securing a Christmas supplement of BGN 40 for the poorest pensioners. The money will be distributed among 1.2 million people.
The second largest transfer was set aside for the budget of State Fund Agriculture – BGN 17,173,500 and the money will be used to finance VAT expenditures on completed municipal projects under the Rural Areas Development Programme and under the European Maritime and Fisheries Operational Programme for 2007-2013.
The Health Ministry received BGN 7.2 M for the renovation and equipment of hospitals, while the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAN) was granted BGN 3M via the Education Ministry for the construction of the biggest particle accelerator on the Balkan peninsula
The Bulgarian Medical Association has called for an urgent overhaul of healthcare funding, insisting on a 25 percent increase in the prices of clinical pathways and all medical services, alongside a revision of the user fee for hospital stays
Health authorities report that measles infections in Bulgaria have surpassed 70 confirmed cases, with a total of 73 registered as of April 3
Caretaker Prime Minister Andrey Gyurov said the interim government will continue to operate “with decency, responsibility and as a team,” despite what he described as coordinated political pressure and criticism from multiple directions
A total of 43 measles infections have been recorded across three regions in Bulgaria, according to data released by the Ministry of Health on March 30
The United States has temporarily eased restrictions on the purchase of certain Russian oil shipments currently stranded at sea, as global energy markets face growing strain due to the ongoing war involving Iran.
Caretaker Prime Minister Andrey Gurov announced on Wednesday that approximately 1.6 million pensioners in Bulgaria will receive special Easter supplements this year. The payments will be provided as a one-time bonus ahead of the Orthodox Easter holiday, w
GERB leader Boyko Borissov reacted to the fall of the Zhelyazkov government during a live broadcast on his official Facebook page, following the mass protests across the country.
The government is making a second clumsy attempt to introduce the state budget.
People with disabilities in Bulgaria face the most severe difficulties in the entire European Union, alongside Greece
The current patient fee for a medical consultation has lost its purpose and no longer serves its intended functions, according to Bulgarian Medical Association (BMA) chairman Dr.
Brussels has unofficially warned Bulgaria’s Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova that the country’s euro adoption process could be suspended, according to BGNES, citing Nova TV.
"Everyone wants positions – in regulatory bodies and ministries," he emphasized.
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