The banking system's profit for the first six months of the year reached EUR 470 million, up 14.6% compared to June 30, 2018. The Return on Assets (ROA) indicator was 1.69% and the Return on Equity (ROE) was 12.98%. This is seen in the quarterly magazine of BNB "Banks in Bulgaria", published on the central bank's website. Banking assets reached EUR 55.52 billion at the end of June, up 0.3% in the second quarter of the year. During the second quarter of 2019, deposits in the banking system increased by 0.3% to 47 billion euros at the end of June.
Caretaker Energy Minister Vladimir Malinov is on a working visit to Turkey. Today he will hold talks in Istanbul with his Turkish counterpart, Dr Alparslan Bayraktar, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources. The meeting is on the initiative of..
On Saturday, minimum temperatures in the country will be between 5 and 10°C, around 5°C in Sofia. The morning will be sunny. In the afternoon it will be cloudy in the mountains, where rain and snow will fall, and sunny in the east. Maximum temperatures..
An emergency epidemic situation will not be introduced in the country due to the spread of pertussis (whooping cough), as this is not necessary. This was announced by the chief state health inspector, Assoc. Prof. Angel Kunchev...
The Bulgarian Parliament has finally postponed the liberalisation of the energy market for one year, starting from 1 July. The decision was taken with..
The National Assembly removed its chairman Rosen Zhelyazkov from office. His dismissal was proposed by We Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria,..
Hail storm caused huge damage in the regions of Plovdiv, Haskovo, Stara Zagora and Sliven. No people were injured but crops in many..
+359 2 9336 661