In its regular economic forecast the European Commission has raised its outlook for the 2016 economic growth in Bulgaria to 3.1%. In the spring the outlook was at 2% growth, but in the recent months a range of international financial institutions have raised their outlooks. The International Monetary Fund for instance corrected its 2016 growth prediction from 2.3% to 3%, and the European bank for Reconstruction and Development, from 2% to 2.5%. Two weeks ago the government published a new, higher outlook for this year forecasting 2.6% growth.
The situation with freedom in the world is deteriorating, and authoritarianism is increasing, according to the annual ranking of the non-governmental organization "Freedom House" , which monitors the state of democracy around the world. The countries..
Ukrainian citizens living in the region of Plovdiv will be able to renew their documents for temporary protection in Bulgaria at six points in Plovdiv, the Plovdiv Regional Police Directorate announced. The Bulgarian government has extended the..
A protest against the adoption of the euro is taking place between the buildings of the Bulgarian Parliament and the Bulgarian National Bank in central Sofia. "The lev is a symbol of independence," "We do not want the euro," "People's Court for the..
According to data from Eurostat, Bulgaria has met the final criterion for joining the eurozone, namely price stability, Minister of Finance Temenuzhka..
The Ministers of Agriculture of Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia have called on the European Commission to restore pre-war import quotas for..
On Tuesday , the minimum temperatures in Bulgaria will be between minus 5 and 0°C, in the northeast - as low as minus 11°C. In Sofia, it will be around..
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