Ministry of Economy

The support provided by the government to preserve jobs and to help businesses in Bulgaria amounts to nearly BGN 2 billion since the beginning of the pandemic.

State-owned companies need to be massively reformed and only those people with whom the reform should be carried out, Minister of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Tourism Claudiu Nasui told on Thursday evening private TV broadcaster Antena 3. "I know dignitaries who were not present in any Board of Directors. Even I was a councilor and I was not present in any Board of Directors.

The ministers proposed in the future government, headed by Prime Minister-designate Florin Citu, have received on Wednesday favourable opinions in the Parliament's select committees.

Certainly the anti-epidemic measures have had their effect and the situation has improved, stated on bTV Minister of Economy Lachezar Borisov commenting on the partial lockdown in Bulgaria and the plans for opening the state after 21 December.

He insisted on strict adherence to the measures so that the economy could work.

Indeed, there are social care homes where conditions are highly unacceptable, admitted Minister of Labor and Social Policy Denitsa Sacheva before journalists in parliament, BGNES reported.

Prime Minister Ludovic Orban said that Romania will benefit from European funding estimated at approximately 6 billion euros, through the Modernization Fund, in the period 2021-2030, and the funds will be allocated, in particular, to investments in cogeneration production capacities and renewable green energy.

Several dozen yellow cabs gathered near the Alexander Nevski cathedral, but did not cause traffic problems in the center of Sofia.

Taxi drivers submitted their vison statement of work during the Covid crisis until March, which offers free transportation for doctors and nurses.

Half of the face masks on the market do not protect against Covid-19, and the Ministry of Economy will issue an order requiring traders to specify this in case of non-compliant products, the relevant minister, Virgil Popescu, said on Wednesday. "I am disappointed with the quality of the protective face masks currently on the market.

The Ministry of Economy has announced new measures to support companies amid the COVID-19 pandemic, including for the first time since the crisis began a working capital procedure for small and medium-sized businesses, reported Dnevnik.