The Justice Ministry released an interactive map showing how, under the previous government, money from a fund intended to support victims of crime was used to apparently boost the election campaigns of candidates from the party that controlled the ministry. It showed that nearly 90% of the money in question went to districts in which…
According to data from Eurostat, only 3.6% of Bulgarian businesses with 10 or more employees utilized artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to manage their operations in 2023. This places Bulgaria among the lowest-ranking countries in the European Union in terms of AI adoption. Eurostat defines artificial intelligence as encompassing various technologies, including text analysis, computer vision,…
Since the start of the year, Bulgaria has secured an additional BGN 700 million in debt from the domestic market, according to announcements from the Ministry of Finance and data published by the Bulgarian National Bank. Of this sum, BGN 300 million was raised through the issuance of government securities, achieving a weighted average return…
The first Catalogue of Ukrainian machinery manufacturers for communities was presented in Kyiv with the participation of Yuliia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine. The catalogue is intended to provide customers with information about Ukrainian manufacturers of machinery for communities and to help increase demand for goods produced in Ukraine.…
Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine Ruslan Strilets met with Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Ukraine Radek Pech. “The Czech Republic is a reliable partner of Ukraine, in particular in the field of environmental protection. Our NGOs cooperate fruitfully. For almost 2 years now, we have been working on a Memorandum…
A court overturned the fine issued by the head of Poland’s broadcasting regulator against a radio station that he accused of publishing “disinformation” that was “contrary to the Polish national interest” because it suggested that Ukraine and the US had lost trust in Poland. The station in question, Radio Zet, has celebrated the ruling as…
The law on the introduction of the euro could be approved by the National Assembly before the summer concludes, according to acting Deputy Finance Minister Metodi Metodiev’s projection. Metodiev also stated that Sofia was expected to meet the inflation criteria required for Eurozone entry until the year’s end, based on the department’s models. Metodiev highlighted…