Ministry of the Economy and Finance

In the regular budget for this year, there will be a serious increase in funds for the municipalities by nearly 25 percent. Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov assured this during the forum of the National Association of Municipalities in Pamporovo.
According to him, the draft budget must be adopted by the parliament by the end of July and enter into force on August 1.

The Recovery and Resilience Facility is the best proof of the European Union's ability to learn from past lessons and deliver concrete and operational results despite the current crisis conditions," Finance Minister Alexandru Nazare told the meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) on January 19, 2021.

Former Finance Minister Yianis Varoufakis will upload all Eurogroup conversations he surreptitiously recorder to his party's website later Saturday.

Paris supports Athens' demand from its creditors for more fiscal space to provide further relief to taxpayers, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told his Greek counterpart Christos Staikouras in Athens on Tuesday, during a meeting largely dominated by talks on the economic impact of the new coronavirus.