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Bulgarian businesses expect more regulations, costs and inflation in 2025

The Bulgarian Ministry of Finance abandons the idea of additional tax for mining companies

Slight improvement: Modest revenue growth shrinks the Bulgarian state budget gap

The Bulgarian budget deficit shrunk by almost 150 million euros in November, but it still remains high, according to the preliminary estimates of the Ministry of Finance

Innovation in Bulgaria: Sustained or at a standstill?

The state of innovation in Bulgaria remains stable in 2023, but this may be an indicator of stagnation, as data from the analysis of the Global Innovation Index

Bulgaria's trade deficit continues to grow

Bulgaria's trade deficit continues to expand and for the first nine months of 2024, it reached 3.5 billion euros, or 3.5% of the estimated gross domestic product

Top 500 companies in CEE: Low profits hampered Bulgarian businesses

The shrinking profits of Bulgarian businesses have led to a diminished presence in global credit insurer Coface's annual ranking of the 500 largest companies

The most realistic date for Bulgaria’s entry into the Eurozone is 1 January 2026 – not earlier

The most realistic date for Bulgaria's accession to the Eurozone is January 1, 2026 - this is the conclusion that a number of financial institutions

European e-cigarette regulations need to change

In June of this year, 12 European countries, led by Denmark, called on the European Commission to create new legislation that would include a ban on flavored vapes

Reforms and savings – the way to control the alarming budget deficit

Once a snowball gets rolling down a hill, there is no stopping it. This is a useful analogy for the situation with the growing expenses in the Bulgarian state budget

The Bulgarian state budget is heading for its worst year in a decade

An old saying goes that some things are better late than never. This was the case in the last three years when it came to compiling the Bulgarian government budget