The European Commission (EC) will launch an excessive deficit procedure against Bulgaria within days, Prime Minister Rumen Radev announced earlier on Friday
On January 1, 2026 observers again note a persistent mismatch between the structure of education and the needs of the labor market
The long-awaited roadmap for improving Bulgaria’s pension system – which was discussed throughout 2025 but which no one ever saw – is back on the agenda
Economic.bg spoke with Dr. Mateusz Dadej, Head of Economic Research for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) at Coface
Growth in the number of building permits issued in Bulgaria is slowing in the first quarter of 2026, according to data published this week by the National Statistical Institute
Bulgaria is not automatically at risk of an excessive deficit procedure, but faces a real risk of entering a corrective procedure if it fails to adhere to the set expenditure trajectory
Bulgaria ended 2025 with a deficit well outside the European rules on fiscal discipline, which require it to be no more than 3% of gross domestic product (GDP)
The ongoing crisis in the Middle East will affect Bulgaria’s economic growth this year, which will turn out to be lower than initially expected
The introduction of the euro in Bulgaria sparked widespread speculation about the potential consequences of the process, none of which actually materialized
Labor costs for private enterprises in Bulgaria have increased by 407% in the last 10 years alone. This statistic, which does not include state, government, or municipal institutions
