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"Phantasmagoria": Zhelyazkov promised not to raise taxes and social security contributions
In response to the statement by the chairman of the Fiscal Council, Simeon Djankov, that tax increases in Bulgaria are inevitable, Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov

What can we expect from the 10 million euro advertising campaign for the euro?
Probably everyone in Sofia has already seen the large advertising posters in the metro for the introduction of the euro in Bulgaria on January 1

The state of the national budget is visibly deteriorating
The budget deficit grew at an increasingly rapid pace, reaching BGN 4.3 billion at the end of July. This is equal to 2% of the expected size of the economy in 2025

Djankov: Tax increases are inevitable – VAT is the best option
Tax increases in Bulgaria are inevitable, according to Simeon Djankov, chairman of the Fiscal Council

Machinists and welders: Miners are once again looking for new jobs
After unsuccessful attempts to retrain miners as technicians, foresters, renewable energy equipment installers, etc., the state-owned company Mini Maritsa East

Stankov to present huge Bulgarian energy projects in Japan
Four new pumped storage power plants, energy storage projects, two new nuclear units at the Kozloduy NPP. These and other energy initiatives

Company without financial statements delays key rail link with North Macedonia
The contract for the construction of the missing railway section between Gyueshevo and the border with North Macedonia has been appealed to the Commission on Protection of Competition

Bulgaria takes out a half-billion-lev loan to co-finance EU projects
The government has approved an agreement under which Bulgaria will take out a €250 million loan from the Council of Europe Development Bank

The state plans to take out a new 300 million internal loan
The Zhelyazkov cabinet is preparing for a new domestic loan of BGN 300 million. According to a statement on the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) website

Stankov promises compensation for electricity costs in the mining industry
Compensation for the high price of electricity for the mining industry will continue, Energy Minister Zhecho Stankov pledged during a meeting on the occasion