“One of the biggest issues right now is the price of electricity and gas. The new measures will already be included in detail,” Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said at the beginning of the Council of Ministers session.

“The bills of household consumers are under a moratorium. They have not been increased and will not be increased as long as there is a moratorium. The higher prices that some consumers see are based on last summer's prices. There are no new prices for household consumers,” Petkov said. He assured that the government is working hard so that when the moratorium is lifted, there will be no sharp jump in prices.

“Household prices for January and December, which are now being paid, are based on summer prices,” he said.

The business is compensated with BGN 110 for November, with BGN 130 for December and with a ceiling of up to BGN 250 for January. The aid for December will go into the bills that business users will see in February. I.e. they will be compensated in subsequent bills.

The situation is the same with the price of gas. The aid for both December and January will be reflected in the bill from the beginning of February. Surprisingly larger bills will be reimbursed for these months as well.

On the covid crisis and the pandemic

Omicron has a high prevalence but low levels of intensive filling of the bed occupancy.

“Due to the new model, many of the areas that had to be closed are not closed because the critical factors are monitored, not the numbers. These are two opportunities to react and give predictive steps. The measures remain very soft,” Petkov said.

On North Macedonia

“The RNM government is coming next Tuesday, the prime minister said. We have to catch up with most of the tasks that have not been done. We need to figure out how to have a train line in the shortest possible time, how to have a flight Sofia - Skopje in half an hour, to have a cultural calendar, how to coordinate our educational programs. All this will be over and started at this government meeting. We will make a real plan with real achievements that we must achieve for the next 6 months. I hope the meetings will be weekly and we will not waste a minute,” said Kiril Petkov.

/BNT

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