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Greek politicians, of all ideological stripes, are spoiled. In fact, we have spoiled them. Especially now that we have a tough election ahead of us, they sometimes forget what work they do and what work we do. "Let's do an interview, but only in writing"; "Use this title as we suggest"; "What kind of questions are these? They are very aggressive.

The SPIRIT agency for entrepreneurship, internationalisation, FDI and technologies has received nearly 2,000 requests for energy subsidies from companies seeking a total of €399,5 million. €650 million has been earmarked for the measure.

Egg producers in Bulgaria expect their price to continue to rise even after the doubling of prices in the last year. The forecast is from the chairman of the Association of Industrial Poultry Breeding in our country, Daniel Bozhankov.

Following Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu's statements on Amanos Mountains in Türkiye's south that it has been cleared of terrorists, the region is expected to be opened to ecotourism, according to the Regional Directorate of Forestry.

The Amanos Mountains, in which the security forces have actively struggled against the PKK since 1992, has been completely cleared of the terrorism.

"All members of the Bulgarian Oil and Gas Association and most of the gas stations in the country as a whole already offer the state discount on the price of fuel", Svetoslav Benchev from the association told BNT today. It is about 25 cents per liter for base fuels, which is deducted from the price from Saturday.

Ljubljana – Prices of regular and diesel sold outside motorways will drop a bit at midnight under the government-administered pricing model. Regular will cost 2.3 cents less at EUR 1.723 a litre and diesel 4 cents less at EUR 1.808 a litre, the Economy Ministry has announced. The new prices will stay in force for a fortnight until Monday, 18 July.

The price of A95 gasoline at the main gas stations in Sofia reaches from BGN 3.35 (EUR 1.71) to BGN 3.43 (EUR 1.75) per liter, and diesel - from BGN 3.50 to BGN 3.58.

For comparison, about two weeks ago, the cheapest price for a liter of A95 gasoline was BGN 3.32, and for diesel - BGN 3.43.

G-7 leaders have agreed to explore the possibility of setting price caps on Russian oil and gas imports to try to limit Moscow's ability to fund its invasion of Ukraine, Reuters reported.

Ljubljana – The government adopted Thursday two regulations to temporarily abolish two environmental duties on diesel at service stations on the motorway network, where prices are fully liberalised. The measure to lower the price of diesel to help hauliers will take effect on Friday, while retailers are expected to adjust their margins in a few days.

A national protest against high fuel prices was organized, on social networks, for today in the Bulgarian capital.

It is planned to start at 4 p.m. Bulgarian time on Alexander Nevsky Square in Sofia. The citizens' demands are that the prices of diesel and petrol be below BGN 2 and gas below BGN 1.