“The budget is going to hold up if revenues go down as a result of the reduction of excise duty on fuel, as proposed at a European level by Bulgaria. Negotiations are underway with Azerbaijan for natural gas but there are going to be no negotiations with Russia and Gazprom as long as the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues,” said Minister of Energy Alexander Nikolov in an interview with Bloomberg TV Bulgaria.
“There is a direct connection between Gazprom Export and the way Russia is governed, and that is a huge wall in the way of any negotiations. If the war continues naturally there can be no negotiations for Russian gas because, in the mid-term, such a supplier cannot be relied on, all the more so that the prices are excessive,” Minister Nikolov commented.
The Eurogroup has unanimously recommended that Bulgaria become the 21st member of the eurozone . The countries of the common currency area recommend to the EU Council that this should happen from 1 January next year. The finance ministers of the..
On Friday, the minimum temperatures will be from 15 to 21°C, in Sofia - around 17°C. It will be sunny before noon. Cumulus and cumulus-rainy cloudiness will develop around and after noon. In many places, mainly in Southern and Eastern Bulgaria, there..
Eurogroup president Paschal Donohoe expects a consensus at today's meeting in Luxembourg on Bulgaria's entry into the Eurozone, BNR correspondent in Brussels Angelina Piskova reported. I believe that Bulgaria's accession to the Eurozone will be..
The challenges facing the energy sector in Bulgaria and the region were discussed by the Minister of Energy Zhecho Stankov and the Executive..
According to data from the European Environment Agency published by the European Commission and reported by BNR correspondent in Brussels Angelina..
The Maritsa East TPP complex will supply 50% of the energy for household consumers in Bulgaria. This was made clear at a briefing of..
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