In 2017 Bulgaria will receive direct payments of up to EUR 750 million from the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund. The budget exceeds EUR 1 billion, if the money under three schemes for transitional national aid and some of the financial measures of the Rural Development Programme is added to that amount, Bulgaria’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food announced. The Agriculture Ministry specified that Bulgarian farmers will be able to make applications for EU subsidies as of next week.
‘This is not the time for early elections,’ said Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov at a GERB party conference. According to BTA, he was opposed to holding elections during the country’s planned adoption of the euro in 2026. GERB chairman Boyko..
The Sofia Appellate Court left in custody Varna Mayor Blagomir Kotsev, who is charged with corruption and participation in an organized crime group. The judgment is final. One of the three judges, Andrey Angelov, signed with a dissenting..
Bulgaria’s Minister of Justice Georgi Georgiev conferred in Brussels with the European Commission team responsible for the Resilience and Recovery Plan (RRP) reforms in Bulgaria, reported the Ministry of Justice. EC: RRP payment depends on..
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