49.1% of the Bulgarian hotels are planning to offer their clients an alternative period to use their holiday bookings. 62.9% intend to reduce the price of package services and 46,7% are planning to cut prices of accommodation, data of a survey conducted by the National Statistical Institute in April among hoteliers who were forced to suspend their business due to the state of emergency show. In medium term (May-June), 40.8% of the managers forecast that they will be able to cover up to 50% of their operating costs with own financing and only 16% of the surveyed believe that they are able to cover 100% of their operating costs with own money. 56.6% of the respondents intend to continue working, yet at lower capacity, 24.3% expect to suspend their activity and 13.5% of them expect to fully restore their business.
Next week, the Podkrepa Trade Union will begin a series of meetings with parliamentary groups in the National Assembly on the 2025 state budget, BTA reported. During the talks, the unions will offer their views on the increase in salaries in the budget..
Funds will be found for both procedures – “Hot Lunch” and “Home Care”, which are among the most sought-after measures to support the most vulnerable members of society. During the parliamentary control sitting earlier today, in response to a..
In support of people with rare diseases, balloons in different colors flew over Sofia at noon, BTA reported. The balloons were released in the courtyard of the Alexandrovska Hospital, where medical specialists, patients and their relatives gathered..
Household electricity prices will not go up with the planned liberalization of the electricity market for household consumers as of 1 July this year,..
Twenty-five children and young people who survived kidnapping by the terrorists from Hamas in the tunnels under Gaza, or whose parents are still held..
Sunday will be cloudy. A cold atmospheric front from the west will bring rainfalls. In the western mountainous regions of Bulgaria,..
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