Denitsa Nikolova

By the end of 2020, a maritime spatial plan covering Bulgarian territorial waters in the Black Sea should be ready. This was stated by the regional deputy minister Denitsa Nikolova, quoted by the press center of the department. The plan is the first step and fundamental document for the implementation of the country's maritime policy.

In the presence of the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Nikolay Nankov, Deputy minister Denitsa Nikolova and the Mayor of Sofia Municipality Yordanka Fandakova a contract is signed for the reconstruction of the representative part of the West Park in Sofis and the ceremony will take place tomorrow.

Bulgaria ranks last in the EU by number of nursing homes for seniors for settlements. There are eighty-two in total for the country. And there are just over 5600 people living in them. However, the available places are not enough. Approximately 4,000 other pensioners are waiting for accommodation, Nova TV reported.

Further € 109 million will be invested under the Interreg V-A Romania-Bulgaria 2014-2020 Programme in the border region between the two countries. This became clear at the tenth meeting of the European Cross-Border Programme Monitoring Committee, which took place in Bulgaria's old capital Veliko Turnovo on 22nd of March.

The first expert meeting from the calendar of the Bulgarian Presidency of the European Union Strategy for the Danube Region - that of the coordinators of the priority areas, was held at Boyana Residence in Sofia on 1st of February.

''35 contracts for execution of projects have been signed under the Bulgaria-Serbia IPA Cross-Border Programme 2014-2020.

Bulgaria will receive EUR 6.4 M from the EU Solidarity Fund to cope with damage caused by the snowfall, floods, and landslides which hit the country in the period January - February 2015.

A total of EUR 471 M will be spent on cross-border cooperation programs with Bulgaria's neighboring countries by 2020, according to Deputy Regional Development Minister Denitsa Nikolova.

Nikolova announced at a press conference in Blagoevgrad that half of the money would remain in Bulgaria to be spent on the development of economically backward and peripheral regions.

The European Commission should in the coming days formally approve the Interreg IPA Cross-Border Cooperation Program Bulgaria-Serbia 2014-2020.

Bulgaria's Deputy Regional Minister Denitsa Nikolova said this on Friday.

DSK Bank and CIBANK will provide a revolving loan of BGN 80 M to the FLAG Fund (Fund of Local Government Authorities in Bulgaria).

The money will be used to finish municipal projects financed under operational programs "Environment" and "Regional Development" for the 2007-2013 programming period, according to a media statement of the Regional Development Ministry.