Bulgaria allocated 60 thousand euros to Ukraine under the program of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

Bulgaria allocated 60 thousand euros to Ukraine under the program of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

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Bulgaria's National Assembly has approved the allocation of 60,000 euros to Ukraine as part of a four-year, 16.5 million euro program of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, despite opposition from some MPs who wanted the funds to be used for other purposes.

The Bulgarian National Assembly has approved the allocation of 60 thousand euros to Ukraine as part of a four-year program of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. This is reported by the BNR edition, UNN reports.

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The National Assembly approved financial assistance to Ukraine in the amount of 60 thousand euros as part of the four-year program of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, totaling 16.5 million euros

- the publication writes.

It is noted that the opposition opposed the allocation of funds because, according to the deputy, Pavel Mitov would have been better off giving the money to the Bulgarian diaspora in the western outskirts of neighboring Serbia.

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