Balgarianovinite.com MPs on Friday adopted at first reading amendments to the budget extension bill with 174 votes in favour and 23 against, with no abstentions. All parliamentary groups supported the proposal except Vazrazhdane. The deadline for proposals between the first and second readings was shortened to three days.
Amendments allow for the extension of the Act on Collecting Revenues and Incurring Expenditure in 2026 until the Adoption of the 2026 State Budget Act, the 2026 Public Social Insurance Budget Act, and the 2026 National Health Insurance Fund Budget Act, in accordance with Article 87, paragraph 4 of the Public Finance Act. The current version of the budget extension is valid until the end of March.
The act proposes mechanisms for financing the increased costs resulting from the one-time salary indexation in the budget sector, the minimum wage increase, as well as the social payments increase, caused by regulatory acts entering into force, which can be covered with funds from the previous year.
Mayors of municipalities will be able to finance expenses for local activities in amounts greater than the expenses for the same period of the previous year, up to the amount of the municipality’s own revenues for the respective period, budgetary relations with the central budget and other budgets and accounts for European Union funds and the municipality’s borrowed funds.
The Council of Ministers will be able to negotiate and conclude an agreement with the European Commission for a loan of up to EUR 3.2 billion to receive financial support through the reinforcement of the Security Action for Europe instrument. The Council of Ministers will have the opportunity to set in motion actions for amendments to the Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy for international markets in accordance with Article 39 of the Euro Adoption Act of the Republic of Bulgaria. MPs Adopt Amendments to Budget Extension at First Reading 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-03-13 11:40:58 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law