Economy News from Bulgaria

Economy

13 October 2026

IMF Lowers Bulgaria’s 2026 Growth Forecast to 2.6%

The Fund raised its inflation forecast to 4.9% and now expects a current account deficit of 8% of GDP.

Economy

10 June 2015

Small Companies Create over 70% of Jobs in Bulgaria - President

Small companies create over 70% of the jobs in Bulgaria, according to President Rosen Plevneliev. Plevneliev handed Tuesday an award to the winner in the first national c...

Economy

6 June 2015

Record breaker: Bulgaria's GDP up by 2% Q1 2015

The Bulgaria's economy jumped by 2% in the first quarter. This is a record for the past four years, as there has not been such a large GDP increase on an annual basis sin...

Economy

14 April 2015

Bulgaria's Energy Minister Mulls Levying Energy Exports

Electricity generated for exports and for the domestic market should be equally levied with the "liabilities to society" tax, Bulgarian Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova...

Economy

14 April 2015

Sofia Municipality will host EUROCITIES Conference

The EUROCITIES Forum will be taking place in Sofia, Bulgaria, under the theme “Funding of Public Transport and New Business Models”. EUROCITIES is the network of major ci...

Economy

14 April 2015

NSI: Bulgaria's exports to the EU increased by 16.7% in January 2015 compared to the same month of 2014

Sofia. In January 2015, Bulgaria's exports to the EU increased by 16.7% over the same month of 2014 and amounted to BGN 2.3 billion, according to statistics from the Nati...

Economy

14 April 2015

Westinghouse continues talks with Bulgaria on Kozloduy 7

At that time, Westinghouse said it planned to hold a competitive tender "within the next year" for construction of an AP1000 reactor at the site that was projected to be...

Economy

2 April 2015

Bulgarian Tourism Sector Forecasts 8.5% Growth in 2015

Deputy Mayor of Sofia, Todor Chobanov predicted growth of between 7% and 10% in Bulgaria's tourist sector this year, in a statement earlier this week. The improved outloo...

Economy

23 March 2015

Bulgaria deputy minister to attend seminars on direct payments in Pernik, Kyustendil

Sofia. Bulgarian Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Tsvetan Dimitrov will take Monday part in seminars on direct payments in district centres Pernik and Kyustendil,...

Economy

21 March 2015

Information campaign on direct payments continues in Bulgaria’s Sliven, Yambol

Desislava Taneva, Bulgarian Minister of Agriculture and Food, is expected to take part Saturday in the information campaign aiming at explaining direct payments schemes i...

Economy

18 March 2015

Bulgaria can play key role in EU gas distribution – Foreign Minister

Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister has re-affirmed Sofia’s goal to play a bigger role in the European energy sector, despite the cancellation of South Stream, the Russian gas pi...

Economy

17 March 2013

Bulgaria to Hold International Audit of Energy Sector

The Bulgarian government will within 10 days appoint an international auditor to review the country's energy sector, stated caretaker Minister of Regional Development Eka...

Economy

17 March 2013

Varna Protesters Clash with Police

Clashes with the police marked Sunday the protest rally in Bulgaria's Black Sea city of Varna. Bulgarians across the country staged once again demonstrations against high...

Economy

25 February 2013

EU Agriculture Ministers Seek to Deal with Horsemeat Crisis

The European Union's Agriculture Ministers have gathered in Brussels for talks that are focused on the growing horsemeat scandal in Europe. Authorities across Europe have...

Economy

23 February 2013

Bulgarian MPs Rush to Decide Fate of Belene NPP

The Bulgarian Parliament will hold an emergency sitting Tuesday to decide on the fate of the project to build a second Nuclear Power Plant in the Danube town of Belene. T...

Economy

21 February 2013

Protesters Call on Bulgarian President to Eliminate Corruption in Judiciary

Around 500 members of the Anti-mafia civic association are protesting in front of the President's Office in Sofia, prior to the anticipated official statement of Rosen Pl...

Economy

21 February 2013

Bulgaria Succumbs to Euro Deflation Curse

Another euro-pegged government defending an overvalued exchange rate bites the dust, a reminder that the underlying economic and social disaster across the Europe's Arc o...