Bulgaria lowers VAT on restaurant sales, catering services, books and baby food
Bulgaria’s National Assembly approved on June 10 the second reading of amendments to the Value-Added Tax Act, reducing the tax
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Poll: Covid-19 sends Bulgaria’s consumer confidence plummeting
The State of Emergency in Bulgaria because of Covid-19 sent consumer confidence plummeting, according to a three-month poll by the
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Bulgaria extends Covid-19 epidemic declaration to end of June
The Covid-19 epidemic declaration, which had been due to expire on June 14, will be extended to the end of
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Bulgarian economy to shrink by 6.2% in 2020 – World Bank forecast
Bulgaria’s economy was set to contract by 6.2 per cent in 2020 as a result of the Covid-19 global pandemic,
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Bulgarian Book Association poll: Sales fell 50 – 70% in March – May y/y
Book sales in Bulgaria in March to May 2020 were between 50 per cent and 70 per cent lower than
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Cyprus re-opens airports to Bulgaria flights
Cyprus re-opened its airports to flights to and from 19 countries including Bulgaria on June 9, the Foreign Ministry in
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Covid-19: Bulgaria’s Chief State Health Inspector wants epidemic declaration extended
Bulgaria’s Chief State Health Inspector Angel Kunchev said on June 9 that he would ask the government to extend the
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Stefan Vodenicharov, formerly Bulgaria’s Education Minister, dies aged 75
Stefan Vodenicharov, who was briefly Bulgaria’s Minister of Education in 2013 and who was president of the Bulgarian Academy of
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Bulgaria’s deputy agriculture minister tests positive for Covid-19
One of Bulgaria’s deputy agriculture ministers has tested positive for Covid-19, Agriculture Minister Dessislava Taneva confirmed in a television interview
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