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Traffic in July at Bulgaria’s Sofia Airport still below pre-Covid-19 levels

August 15, 2022August 15, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff tourism

Total passenger traffic in July 2022 at Sofia Airport in Bulgaria’s capital city was less than 10 per cent lower

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Bulgaria utilities regulator raises gas prices by 60% for August 2022

August 12, 2022August 12, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy

Bulgaria’s utilities regulator has approved a 60 per cent increase in gas prices in the country for the month of

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Bulgaria seeks bids for LNG deliveries as gas question looms over election

August 11, 2022August 11, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff energy, Russia

Bulgaria’s state-owned natural gas company Bulgargaz has asked for offers to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG), seeking to purchase 5.5

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Bulgaria Innovation Ministry aims to grant 600M leva in Covid-19 recovery funds to SMEs by end-2022

August 11, 2022August 11, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Innovation and Growth Ministry has said that it plans to make available 600 million leva, or about 306.8 million

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Bulgaria’s H1 2022 exports up 41%, imports 45.2% higher y/y

August 10, 2022August 10, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

In the first half of 2022, the total value of all goods exported from Bulgaria amounted to 45.75 billion leva,

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Poll: Consumer confidence in Bulgaria rises

August 5, 2022August 5, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

In July 2022, Bulgaria’s total consumer confidence indicator increased by three percentage points compared with April, the National Statistical Institute

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Bulgaria H1 2022 Budget surplus at 1.18B leva

July 30, 2022July 30, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has recorded a consolidated Budget surplus of 1.18 billion leva in the first half of the year,

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Poll sees business climate in Bulgaria as largely unchanged

July 28, 2022July 28, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff

A regular monthly poll by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) has found that managers see the business climate in Bulgaria

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IMF’s World Economic Outlook update: Gloom and uncertainty

July 26, 2022July 26, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff IMF

A tentative recovery in 2021 has been followed by increasingly gloomy developments in 2022 as risks began to materialise, according

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