In a significant decision, members of the Parliament have passed a bill extending the reduced VAT rate of 9% for restaurants until December 31, 2024. The amendment, discussed at its second reading, received 184 affirmative votes, with 7 against and two abstentions. Irena Dimova from GERB-UDF proposed these alterations to the Value Added Tax Act.…
National Army received a new batch of equipment from the European Union under the European Peace Facility (EPF). This is the second batch of assistance from the EPF project, approved for 2021, with a total value of 7 million euros. The first installment was received in May. In 2021, the European Union launched the European…
Poland will receive over CHF 320 million from the next edition of the Swiss-Polish Cooperation Programme to improve the life in smaller towns and facilitate research. Malgorzata Jarosinska-Jedynak, the minister for development funds and regional policy, announced that the second edition of the Swiss-Polish Cooperation Programme would cover two initiatives. First, the Polish-Swiss Programme for…
In the third quarter of this year, the country’s GDP grew by 9.3% YoY. This is higher than expected. This was underlined by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal at a Government session on December 12. “Despite the huge economic downturn at the beginning of the large-scale war, the economy is now showing positive signs,” said Denys…
A week ago, the next stage of the all-Ukrainian incandescent lamp exchange programme was launched. Starting from December 5, pensioners have already exchanged 1 million old incandescent lamps for new energy-efficient lamps. Starting from December 12, Kyiv region joined the exchange programme. Pensioners living in the Kyiv region can receive an additional five LED lamps…
Representatives of the Infrastructure and Regional Development Ministry, State Administration of Roads and of the ONUR Turkish Company have signed a contract on the carrying out of rehabilitation works on the R33 road Hancesti-Lapusna. “I know that this has been expected ever since 2014. I promised that I would carry it through. This segment, of…
Bulgaria grapples with a notable decline in its trade sector, as preliminary data from the National Statistical Institute (NSI) reveal a significant downturn in exports and imports during the initial ten months of 2023. The figures paint a sobering picture: Bulgarian exports of goods to both the European Union and third countries took a hit,…