Today, the Bulgarian parliament approved the government's budget update proposal in first reading. The bill envisages an increase in the deficit from the current 1.3%/GDP to 2%/GDP and raising the ceiling for issuing new debt this year from BGN 2 billion to BGN 3 billion.

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