By the end of January, I expect the directors of the state forest enterprises to make concrete proposals for measures that will lead to a reduction in the price of firewood. This is what the Minister of Agriculture Dr. Ivan Ivanov has told Bulgaria On Air TV. In order to reduce prices, a moratorium on timber exports could be introduced if necessary, the minister said.
Currently, one cubic meter of firewood costs over 80 euros. This is double the price in comparison to the summer months. According to Eurostat, over 50% of Bulgarians heat their homes using wood and coal. 1/3 of the population use less heating in order to save money, while 27% cannot afford to use heating in winter.
The state, all Bulgarian citizens and businesses are fully supplied with fuel. No problems are expected with fuel deliveries in Bulgaria, including those of diesel, petrol and propane-butane. Energy Minister Zhecho Stankov assured this at a briefing..
There is no direct military threat to Bulgaria following the US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities, Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov said at a press conference. Earlier, Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov had convened the Council of Ministers to assess..
Aerospace Engineering is one of the new degree programs recently introduced at the Technical University in Sofia. Taught in English, the programme was launched last year with 16 students enrolled — 11 international and 5 Bulgarian. During the first two..
Today and tomorrow, Bulgaria's Minister of Agriculture and Food Georgi Tahov will take part in a meeting of the European Union Council on Agriculture and..
At the moment, there is no immediate threat to Bulgaria, against the backdrop of the growing military conflict between Israel and Iran . The Bulgarian..
35 years have passed since the establishment of the Association "SOS Children's Villages Bulgaria" . On this occasion, President Rumen Radev..
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