Livada Moldovei project urged fruit growers in the country to access funds for the renovation and rehabilitation of orchards. Under the project, fiscal facilities, the application of the Zero VAT rate and import facilities are granted by exempting from the payment of taxes and customs procedures and excise duties on the import of machinery or…
During a parliamentary budget committee meeting, Dimitar Radev, the Governor of the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB), advocated for a strategic fiscal approach, proposing a 10% buffer allocation within the budget for 2024. This buffer, if not utilized due to unforeseen risks, would be available for expenditure in the final quarter of the year. Radev emphasized…
On his last day in office, Polish Minister of Infrastructure Andrzej Adamczyk sent a letter to Deputy Prime Minister for the Restoration of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov with Warsaw’s proposals for resolving the crisis at the border. These proposals include letting empty Polish trucks from Ukraine to Poland outside the e-queue and asking the European Commission…
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Energy Community Secretariat have signed an agreement for a U.S. grant contribution of $25 million (EUR 23 million) to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund. This is the first contribution by the U.S. Government to the Fund, which was established at the initiative of Minister of…
An emergency drill was held at one of the Ukrainian nuclear power plants to test personnel’s readiness for a possible blackout as a result of a Russian missile attack, NAEC Energoatom, the operator of Ukraine’s nuclear energy generating facilities, reported. “In order to test the readiness of nuclear power plant personnel for a possible power…
Citizens who have registered until November 25 on compensatii.gov.md platform will be able to view energy vulnerability degree in personal cabinet in early December. According to the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection, so far about 740 thousand households have applied for energy compensation during the cold season. Citizens can fill out applications throughout the…
Amidst the ongoing recovery from the pandemic’s impact on global travel, Bulgaria witnessed a noteworthy surge in visitor numbers in the month of October. According to recent data released by the National Statistical Institute, trips by Bulgarian residents abroad and visits by foreigners to the country exceeded pre-pandemic figures from 2019. In October, Bulgarian residents…