According to Jaewoo Lee, Head of the IMF mission for Bulgaria, inequality in this country keeps growing.
As a measure to provide more resources for social spending, the Fund proposes increasing the maximum social security income without eliminating the flat tax of 10%. IMF experts, who have been in Bulgaria since February 4, have held a series of meetings with government officials, BNB experts, business and non-governmental organizations. The fund assessed the stability of the financial system and the state of the economy in 2019, announcing that stable, albeit more moderate economic growth is expected in 2020, as well.
Meanwhile, the National Statistical Institute announced that annual inflation in January was 4.2%, with a rise in prices marked in almost all goods and services.
On Wednesday the minimum temperatures will be between 5 and 10°C, in Sofia 9°C. Cloudiness will be significant with showers m ainly in the western half of the country. There will be heavy rainfall in south-western and south-central Bulgaria. Highs..
Work is underway to ensure that toll cameras start measuring the average speed of motor vehicles . This should happen within the next six months, caretaker Minister of Interior Kalin Stoyanov said. The delivery of 273 new cameras is expected..
In the beginning of next week - May 20, all Bulgarian state universities and some private universities will not open their doors as a warning. This is what an open letter distributed by the Council of Rectors in Bulgaria to the media reads...
Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot this afternoon after a government meeting in the town of Handlova, about 180 km from Bratislava. A post..
Household electricity prices could go up by less than 30% as of 1 July, 2024, Energy Minister Vladimir Malinov announced at a briefing at the Ministry..
The conditions for tourism in the Bulgarian mountains are bad, the Mountain Rescue Service has reported. It is raining almost..
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