With almost no debate, the National Assembly (NA) passed on second reading amendments to the Competition Protection Act (CPA) that provide for stricter penalties
The largest pumped-storage hydroelectric power plant in Southeast Europe – the Chaira Pumped-Storage Power Plant – will bring another of its units online
The European Commission (EC) will launch an excessive deficit procedure against Bulgaria within days, Prime Minister Rumen Radev announced earlier on Friday
The European Commission (EC) is initiating an excessive deficit procedure against Bulgaria. Our country ended 2025 with a budget deficit that Brussels deems unacceptable
On January 1, 2026 observers again note a persistent mismatch between the structure of education and the needs of the labor market
The Ministry of Labor and Social Policy (MLSP) is working on developing a new mechanism for determining the minimum wage
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
Bulgaria needs to rapidly build wind power capacity to balance solar energy. If it fails to do so, the country will lose its current central role in the European Union’s (EU) energy sector
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
