Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2025 All Rights Reserved

2/3 of the compensations paid out were targeted at the economic sectors affected most badly

Photo: archive

67% of the money the state has paid out to employers has been to preserve jobs during the state of emergency declared on 13 March, 2020, and was targeted at the economic sectors hit hardest by the pandemic. These are the processing industry,  the hotel and restaurant business and trade, indicates an analysis by the National Social Security Institute of the compensations paid out to businesses for overcoming the consequences of the coronacrisis. Almost 50% of all companies which received assistance are concentrated in Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna. 



Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Fourth no-confidence motion against Rosen Zhelyazkov’s cabinet to be voted on Friday

On Friday, the National Assembly will vote on a no-confidence motion against the cabinet of Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov over ''failures in environmental and water policy''. The fourth no-confidence motion against the current government was tabled..

published on 7/9/25 6:09 PM

Albania's National Assembly Speaker Elisa Spiropali visits Bulgaria

The Speaker of the   Parliament of  Albania, Elisa Spiropali, has arrived in Bulgaria for an official visit. The two-day visit is at the invitation of National Assembly Speaker Natalia Kiselova . Elisa Spiropali was welcomed at the airport by the..

published on 7/9/25 5:48 PM

National Assembly reduces tuition fees at first reading

Tuition fees at state universities should not exceed 75% of the expenses for the training. This was what MPs decided with amendments to the Higher Education Act adopted on Wednesday at first reading. It is expected that after the..

published on 7/9/25 4:08 PM