Economy
Bill brings pay transparency as pay gap stands at 12% (updated)
Changes to the anti-discrimination law will force employers to open up about pay, deputy minister Nadya Klisurska says.
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Bulgaria to pay livestock farmers 20.7m euros in transitional aid under Campaign 2026
The Managing Board of the State Fund Agriculture has approved 20,735,344 euros for cattle breeders and farmers who keep mother sheep and mother goats.
Economy
Bulgaria's Agriculture Fund cuts 2026 interest rate on project loans to 3.19%
New loans that the State Fund Agriculture pays out directly for approved projects under the Strategic Plan will charge interest at Bulgaria's…
Economy
MPs from all parties push to ban fur farms
The bill would fine farms up to 10,000 euros for breeding and killing animals just for their fur.
Economy
Report finds interior ministry unit kept surveillance files that should have been destroyed
Parliament's committee overseeing the security services has approved the 2025 report of the national bureau that monitors covert surveillance, with 5…
Economy
State fund offers up to 1.8m euros to farmers in zones hit by sheep pox restrictions
The aid counts as "de minimis" support for 2026, with a rate of up to 8 euros per animal, and covers part of the cost of feed, the fund says.
Economy
Audit of Bulgarian Posts finds no work beyond spending the subsidy
Transport minister Georgi Peev says the audit found shortcomings in how the postal service has been run. Trains on the main routes will run free on…
Economy
Builders demand over €700m from rail infrastructure firm as budget lacks money for price indexing
Builders and supervisors are demanding more than €700m from state rail infrastructure company NRIC under existing contracts, but the cabinet has not…
Economy
Committee says no to Europol power to request investigations in Bulgaria
The committee on internal security and public order ruled that the European Commission's proposal needs more detail so it doesn't infringe on…
Economy
Customs revenue hits nine-month record of over 6.116bn euros
Bulgaria's customs agency took in 790.5m euros more in the first nine months of 2026 than in the same period of 2025, a rise of 14.8%.
Economy
Budget committee backs shares with multiple votes
MPs on the budget committee voted 18 to none, with one abstention, to back on first reading changes to the law on public offering of securities.
Economy
Bulgaria sets October gas price at €44.09, turns down Bulgargaz's bid for more
Regulators rejected Bulgargaz's request to raise the price to €44.41 per megawatt-hour, keeping it at the level first proposed.
Economy
Bulgaria to get back €15.1m from economic cooperation bank
The budget committee has backed a deal with the IBEC that will see the bank hand back all the capital Bulgaria paid in, to be repaid over the next 20…
Economy
Business electricity prices rise 2.8% for Friday delivery
On the power exchange's day-ahead market, the average price for October 2 is 138.63 euros per megawatt-hour, excluding VAT.
Economy
Naydenov, IMF mission discuss legal changes to fight corruption
The talks also covered seizing illegally obtained assets, criminal law and EU recommendations, the justice ministry says.