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Health Minister Issues Order on Farmers' Markets Reopening, Farm Land Cultivation, Animal Husbandry, Feed Production
April 6 (BTA) - Bulgarian Health Minister Kiril Ananiev Monday afternoon issued an order on the operation of cooperative and farmers' markets, farm land cultivation, uninterrupted livestock breeding and animal feed production, Ananiev's Ministry said in a press release. The or...
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531 COVID-19 Cases in Bulgaria as of Sunday
The confirmed COVID-19 cases Bulgaria reached 531 with 20 fatalities, the coronavirus task force said Sunday afternoon. 210 patients are in hospital, including 22 in intensive care. The average age of the confirmed cases in Bulgaria is 47 years. The complete recoveries tota...
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Parliamentary Budget Committee Approves Conclusively 2020 State Budget Update
April 5 (BTA) - The National Assembly Budget and Finance Committee Sunday on approved conclusively draft revisions to the 2020 State Budget Act moved by the Council of Ministers to reflect the new realities brought about by the COVID-19 crisis. The updated budget decreases the re...
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Parliament Extends Nationwide State of Emergency until May 13
April 3 (BTA) - At an extraordinary sitting late on Friday, acting on Cabinet's proposal and based on the Constitution, Parliament extended until May 13 the nationwide state of emergency declared in order to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The state of emergency was dec...
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COVID-19 in Bulgaria: Confirmed Cases Reach 485, Death Toll Stands at 14
April 3 (BTA) - The confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Bulgaria have increased by 28 to 485. The death toll reached 14, after the latest registered two deaths on Friday afternoon. Of all people infected, 22 are medical personnel. Thirty patients have recovered fully and have been...
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President Urges Government to Inform Public about Effect of First Month of National Emergency, Calls for Return to Norma...
April 3 (BTA) - Reacting to the government's proposal to extend the national emergency by another month, President Rumen Radev said in a statement Friday that the government should tell people what the effect has been of the first month in a state of emergency and reiterated...
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Young People Feel Hardest Current Crisis - Poll
April 3 (BTA) - An opinion poll conducted by a team of the Department of Philosophy of the Sofia University has revealed that irrespective of the extraordinary situation caused by the coronavirus, the Bulgarians do not perceive it as strongly stressful. The poll, conducted on-lin...
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COVID-19 Cases in Bulgaria Reach 457, Death Toll Rises to 10
April 2 (BTA) - The confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Bulgaria have reached 457 and the number of fatalities has increased to ten. The head of the national coronavirus task force, Gen. Ventsislav Moutafchiiski, told a regular news briefing on Thursday morning that 37 new cas...
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Only 8 Per Cent of Employers Resorting to 60/40 State Funding Scheme
April 2 (BTA) - An online poll conducted by the Bulgarian Industrial Association (BIA) shows that not more than 8 per cent of employers will resort to 60/40 state funding scheme. Most of them (44 per cent) have a staff of up to 10. Fifty-five per cent operate in the sphere of ser...
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State Matriculation Exams May Be Postponed, Spring Break Cancelled
April 2 (BTA) - If the state of emergency in Bulgaria is extended until May 13, the state matriculation exams for secondary-school leavers (12th grade) will probably take place on May 30 and June 1 and schools students will not have a sping break, Education and Science Minister K...
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COVID-19 Cases in Bulgaria Reach 449, Death Toll Rises to 10
April 2 (BTA) - The confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Bulgaria have reached 449, and the number of fatalities has increased to ten. The new cases are up by 37 in the past 24 hours, national coronavirus task force chief Gen. Ventsislav Moutafchiiski told a regular briefing on Thursda...
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COVID-19 Cases in Bulgaria Reach 422, Death Toll Rises to 10
April 1 (BTA) - The confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Bulgaria have reached 422, and the number of fatalities has increased to ten, according to data reported by the national coronavirus task force here on Wednesday. Of the infected persons on record, 241 are men and 181 women. ...
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Cabinet Proposes State of Emergency Extension until May 13
April 1 (BTA) - The Council of Ministers has decided to propose to Parliament to extend until May 13 the nationwide state of emergency, declared on March 13, the Government Information Service reported. The draft decision was submitted by the Health Minister at Wednesday's cabine...
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Budget Goes into Deficit Zone in March
April 1 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Finance Ministry released data on the performance of the Consolidated Fiscal Programme (CFP) showing that the budget is estimated to go into deficit territory in March. The deficit is estimated at 205.4 million leva. The CFP revenues and grants as...
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Covid-19 Cases in Bulgaria Increase to 412
April 1 (BTA) – The confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Bulgaria have increased to 412, the head of the national task force. Prof. Ventsislav Moutafchiiski, told a regular news briefing on Wednesday morning. There were 33 newly diagnosed patients in the past 24 hours and 23 were admit...
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Compulsory Wearing of Protective Masks Cancelled
March 31 (BTA) - Addressing a briefing here on Tuesday, Health Minister Kiril Ananiev said that the compulsory wearing of protective masks in outdoor and indoor public spaces is now cancelled. The measure was introduced on Monday as a means to prevent the spread of COVID-19, but ...
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Finance Minister: No Tax Increase Planned
March 31 (BTA) - The worst-case scenario the government considers regarding the coronavirus epidemic in Bulgaria is a three per cent drop of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and start of restoration of employment at the end of the year. No tax increase is planned in Bulgaria, Fin...
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Cabinet Adopts Draft 2020 State Budget Update to Finance COVID-2019 Containment Effort, Tackle Revenue Undercollection
March 30 (BTA) - At an extraordinary meeting held by video conference on Monday evening, the Bulgarian Government adopted a draft Bill to Amend and Supplement the 2020 State Budget Act, the Government Information Service reported. The purpose of the draft legislation is to au...
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Cabinet Decrees Procedure for Payment of Job Security Compensations to Employers, Applications to Be Accepted from March...
March 30 (BTA) - At an extraordinary meeting here on Monday, held by video conference, Bulgaria's Council of Ministers adopted a decree establishing the terms and procedure for the payment of compensations to employers for the purpose of keeping their staff employed under th...
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Confirmed COVID Cases in Bulgaria Reach 359
March 30 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria has reached 359, up from 354 in the morning, according to the latest update from the national coronavirus task force.