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Month: May 2025

Business 

World Travel & Tourism Council predicts further recovery for Bulgaria’s tourism sector in 2025

May 15, 2025May 15, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Bulgaria’s Travel & Tourism sector is on a continued recovery trajectory, according to new research from the World Travel &

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Business 

Bulgaria records 3.5% annual inflation in April

May 15, 2025June 16, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 3.5 per cent inflation in April, down from four per cent recorded a

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Business 

Bulgarian economy grew by 0.6% in Q1 2025 – flash estimate

May 15, 2025May 15, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s economy grew by 0.6 per cent in the first quarter of the year, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said

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Bulgaria 

Public transport strike in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia drags on

May 14, 2025May 14, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff Sofia

The May 14 public transport strike in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia – involving buses, trolleybuses and trams but not the

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Bulgaria 

Pandemic hit hard Bulgarian children’s academic skills, mental and physical health – report

May 14, 2025May 14, 2025 The Sofia Globe staff

Children in many of the world’s wealthiest countries saw marked declines in their academic performance, mental wellbeing, and physical health

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Business 

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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