Green corridors for anyone willing to get vaccinated temporarily shut down as vaccines ran out on Thursday. Another supply of AstraZeneca vaccines is expected on Saturday but only 53,000 units will be delivered instead of the initially planned 142,000. Political parties are slowly starting to fill their ranks for the upcoming election on April 4 but more information will crystalize next week. In other news: Sofia's local authorities agreed on the capital's budgetary framework which mostly promises similar projects in 2021.
Sofia's 2021 budget to approach 1.9 bn levs
Only 63% of the planned budget expenditures in 2021 will be covered by the revenue coming into Sofia Municipality whereas the rest will come from the state budget. Investment spending topped half a million levs, more than half of which will come from the EU. Local authorities have three priorities set for 2021: infrastructure development, building new kindergartens and better air quality. All of these have been a priority for years but, so far, results have been subpar.
Tour operators want urgent help from the state
Several tourism organizations once again called for the establishment of a guarantee fund in Bulgaria to protect tourists in case the tour operator goes bust or in case of non-fulfillment of a planned trip due to force majeure circumstances. Sector spokespersons demanded urgent measures to fulfill the liabilities they owe customers because of cancelled trips in 2020. Representatives of three organizations pointed out that Bulgaria is the only EU country without such a fund.
Agropolychim invests 60 million levs in its portfolio
The Devnya-based fertilizer manufacturer Agropolychim will invest about 60 million levs over the next few years towards expanding its portfolio of products, and improving its energy efficiency. In this way, the plant will gain a stronger market presence in Europe and reduce its costs and carbon emissions. The investment program should be mostly finished by the end of 2023.
Green corridors for anyone willing to get vaccinated temporarily shut down as vaccines ran out on Thursday. Another supply of AstraZeneca vaccines is expected on Saturday but only 53,000 units will be delivered instead of the initially planned 142,000. Political parties are slowly starting to fill their ranks for the upcoming election on April 4 but more information will crystalize next week. In other news: Sofia's local authorities agreed on the capital's budgetary framework which mostly promises similar projects in 2021.
