Kiril Ananiev

Today at noon, the consultations on the budget started in the format of working groups between GERB-SDS and "We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria". In the early afternoon, talks continued at the Ministry of Finance.

"The motives for the no-confidence vote are unclear", Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Asen Vassilev said today in parliament.

The Health Ministry has ordered the termination of a contract for building a new children's hospital which would involve the completion of a complex of buildings nextdoor to Sofia's Alexandrovska Hospital.

Kiril Ananiev violated the law by disclosing information that is a tax and confidential secret.The prosecution must address this. How did this information come out at a press conference of a political party? This tells me that the state is governed not by rules and laws, but by phone calls and pressure.

This was stated on tv by the caretaker Minister of Finance Asen Vassilev.

Caretaker Minister of Health, Dr. Stoycho Katsarov, assigned the National Centre for Public Health and Analysis (NCPHA), within 30 days, to perform an analysis of the activities related to public health services in the period from March 1, 2020 to May 31, 2021, in the context of the epidemic caused by SARS-CoV-2.

The outgoing government voted to extend the emergency epidemic period in Bulgaria.

At a meeting of the Council of Ministers, livestreamed on Facebook, it became clear that emergency situation would be in place until the end of May.

From the outbreak of the pandemic to the end of March 2021, the state treasury spent BGN 5.1 billion to deal with the impact of Covid-19. This became clear during the hearing of the outgoing Minister of Finance Kiril Ananiev in the National Assembly.

"In the 45th National Assembly GERB is the first political force. To keep peace in the country, I'm not going to be prime minister. Daniel Mitov was foreign minister - the most important post after the prime minister.

Bulgarian recovery and sustainability plan is inadequate, but must be submitted to the EU in time, warned Simeon Dyankov and Milen Velchev, former financial ministers.

Both former finance ministers were adamant that prompt revision of the budget is necessary. According to Dyankov, the goal should be to see what is the real state of the national budget.

Bulgaria's government has spent an additional EUR 3 billion on wages and pensions during its current term of office as compared to 2017, this country's Premier Boyko Borissov said during his visit to the town of Yambol (Southeastern Bulgaria).