President: Fruit and vegetable prices too high for food-producing country

“The government’s first task is to present the real inflation data,” President Iliana Iotova told reporters in Veliko Tarnovo.

“We do not need to deceive ourselves; let us see reality as it is,” Iotova said, adding that the government can take immediate measures to bring prices under control.

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With the fruit and vegetable season beginning, the first measures should target this area, because it is not normal for a country that produces its own food to have exorbitant prices for basic fruit and vegetables, she added.

Asked which short-term measures she would prioritise, Iotova said they should focus on curbing inflation.

Editor: Ivo Ivanov