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Day: May 13, 2025

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EBRD increases Bulgaria’s GDP growth forecast for 2025 to 2.8%

May 13, 2025May 13, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has increased Bulgaria’s 2025 real GDP growth forecast to 2.8 per cent,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM welcomes Speaker’s refusal to hold vote on President’s proposed referendum on euro

May 13, 2025May 13, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian Prime Minister Rossen Zhelyazkov welcomed on May 13 National Assembly Speaker Natalia Kiselova’s refusal of President Roumen Radev’s proposal

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament Speaker rejects President’s request for vote on euro referendum – reports

May 13, 2025May 13, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff euro zone, Roumen Radev

The Speaker of Bulgaria’s National Assembly, Natalia Kiselova, has returned to President Roumen Radev his request for Parliament to vote

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s capital set for public transport strike on May 14 – schools closed for the day

May 13, 2025May 13, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia is set for a public transport strike on May 14, according to statements by trade union

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s exports in January – March 2025 fell 3.1%, imports rose 6.8% y/y

May 13, 2025May 13, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

In January – March 2025, the total value of all the goods exported from Bulgaria amounted to 19 750.7 million

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