Employer organizations are demanding an immediate meeting with Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, at which the “situation which poses an imminent danger to the economy and to social peace” resulting from the high prices of electric energy and gas can be..
In November 2021 the consumer price index increased by 6.3% compared to the same month of 2020. The largest rise in prices for the year was registered in the transport sector - 18.3%. The largest decline in prices was registered in the field of..
After the Consumer Protection Commission banned two mobile network operators from raising monthly telecom services prices for two years at a time, one of the telecoms - A1 Bulgaria - declared that the Commission’s order did not ban indexation..
The government should immediately lift the moratorium on prices of electricity, heating and water for households and introduce adequate compensations for business. This was what GERB leader and former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov..
The low vaccination rate is a deadly factor that works against the Bulgarian economy, tourism, investments and public interest, Polina Karastoyanova, executive director of the National Board of Tourism, told the BNR. According to her, the tourism..
“Because of the rising prices on the energy exchange businesses will receive compensations from the state for December, as well as for the first quarter of 2022,” Minister of Energy Alexander Nikolov announced. The companies which have..
The price of electricity with a delivery tomorrow has reached 670 levs /343 euros/ per megawatt hour on the Bulgarian energy exchange . This set a record for a day ahead trading. The exchange and the Electricity System Operator explained to BNR that up..
MPs have set up a temporary committee to tackle the energy crisis and high electricity prices. The proposal of the opposition GERB-SDS to impose a moratorium on the price of electricity was accepted and the price will be frozen at the..
In November 2021 the rise of prices of goods and services in this country in comparison to October was 1.4%. On an annual basis, the rise reaches 7.3 percent, the National Statistical Institute reported. This is a record for the past..
As of today, the price of natural gas rises by about 10%, the Bulgarian energy regulator has decided. In December, one megawatt-hour of blue fuel costs about 52 euros without fees and taxes. The main reason for the rise is the jump of natural gas..
