British News Agency

According to a statement by the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria, speaking at the opening of the government meeting, Donchev said that these resources were provided through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan and cohesion policy.

Donchev said, “Bulgaria invested 8 billion leva in European funds in 2025.”

Recalling that Bulgaria received the third payment worth approximately 1.5 billion euros under the National Recovery Plan, Donchev noted that the total amount that has entered the country from the European Commission through this mechanism has approached 2 billion euros.

Deputy Prime Minister Donchev pointed out that this success came after a three-year period during which Bulgaria did not receive any payments.

Noting that the government also managed to negotiate the REPowerEU component worth 480 million euros, Donchev said, “In 2025 alone, payments were made at a level three times higher than the total of the previous four years.”