Executive Board

At its annual conference the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) unanimously elected Bulgaria as a member of its Executive Council for the period 2019-2021, the press center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced, quoted by the Bulgarian National Radio. 

Also, during the voting that took place by departments, a request was made that he continues as president.

At the same time, the decision was made to narrow the interest rate corridor from 1.5 to 1.25 percentage points, meaning that the deposit facility rate remains unchanged.

In making that decision, the Executive Board was primarily guided by the inflation projection and inflation factors in the coming period, the NBS said in a press release.

In accordance with the NBS expectations, inflation in February was lowered to 1.5 percent year-on-year, primarily on account of the high base from the prices of products that underwent one-off hikes early in 2017.

Bulgaria should work for a more rapid increase in income. This is one of the conclusions of the Executive Board of the IMF.

Fund experts underline that incomes in Bulgaria are still half the EU average. They predict that the worsened demographic situation of our country can lead to serious risks to the entire fiscal system in the medium and long term.

They accused the public service of regularly breaking the law, and blocking the opposition.

None of the opposition leaders who showed up - including Dragan Djilas, Boris Tadic, Zoran Zivkovic, Vuk Jeremic, Sasa Jankovic, and Sanda Raskovic-Ivic - spoke at the gathering.

The National Bank of Serbia (NBS) announced this, noting that during the arrangement that will expire on February 22, 2018, Serbia did not use the available funds.

In its meeting the Executive Board assessed that Serbia has made significant progress under the agreed economic program, the NBS announced in a statement.

The National Bank of Serbia (NBS) Executive Board on Thursday voted to keep the key policy rate on hold at 3.5 percent.

Yesterday the Executive Board of UNESCO failed to elect a new general manager and a successor of Irina Bokova, whose term expires, in a second round of voting, reports Mediapool. 

BELGRADE - Pristina has not submitted an application for Kosovo's UNESCO membership because it is unsure about whether it has sufficient support, says Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic.