After decades of fragmentation and a lack of effective connections between trains, buses, and urban transport, Bulgaria is finally taking steps to change this
Bulgaria expects to receive the second payment under the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) by mid-October. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev
Bulgaria has submitted a second request for payment under the Recovery and Sustainability Plan (RSP) worth €653 million. It covers the implementation of 59 milestones
The European Commission's answer is necessary due to the fast approaching RRP deadline
The Bulgarian Ministry of Transport has decided to buy an additional 5 electric trains from the Czech manufacturer Škoda. The ministry has taken this step
The Bulgarian Transport Ministry has accumulated a series of failed orders for the delivery of push-pull and multi-unit trains pledged and financed with funds under the Recovery Plan
I'm certainly quite worried that there is a risk that we won't get any more money. I expect that from the second disbursement a huge part of the money
The Bulgarian Ministry of Finance failed to collect about EUR 1.25 billion from the pledged revenues, subsidies and donations in the 2023 state budget
The total budget of the public tender for investments in renewables and batteries, which is about to be launched in February in Bulgaria, will exceed EUR 1 billion
The largest tender of the four launched for the supply of new rolling stock, financed under the Bulgarian Recovery and Resilience Plan
Greece presented a plan to improve its tourism with 387 million euros, while the same sector in Bulgaria continues to be "hostage" to political incompetence
A third tender for the delivery of new trains to Bulgaria, financed under the Recovery and Resilience Plan, has now been suspended
Bulgarian business called for changes in the Recovery Plan next year during the Powers Summit forum, of which Economic.bg is a media partner
