Bulgarian Parliament approves 2026 Budget package at second reading
Bulgaria’s National Assembly finished passing the 2026 Budget at second reading on July 24, having spent most of the week’s
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macroeconomic indicators
FDI in Bulgaria in January-May 2026 was 2.28B euro
Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first five months of the year stood at 2.28 billion euro, the equivalent
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Bulgarian Parliament approves draft 2026 Budget package at first reading
Eight months after Bulgaria’s 51st National Assembly adopted a 2026 Budget at first reading – a package that sparked large-scale
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Bulgaria annual inflation drops to 5.4% in June
Bulgaria’s annual consumer price index (CPI) recorded 5.4 per cent inflation in June, a sharp drop from 6.9 per cent
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EU formally opens excessive deficit procedure against Bulgaria
The Council of the EU approved on July 10 the European Commission’s recommendation to open an excessive deficit procedure against
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Bulgaria’s exports in January – May 2026 up 7.4%, imports up 12.8% y/y
In January – May 2026, the total value of all the goods exported from Bulgaria amounted to 18 803.6 million euro,
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Eurostat: Unemployment in Bulgaria in May 2026 was 2.9%
The unemployment rate in Bulgaria in May 2026 was 2.9 per cent, up from 2.8 per cent in April 2026
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Bulgaria’s Cabinet approves 2026 Budget package with 5.7% deficit
Bulgaria is set to breach EU budget rules this year – by a wide margin and on purpose – after
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Bulgaria records 2.51 billion euro Budget deficit in January-May 2026
Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry has recorded a consolidated Budget deficit of 2.51 billion euro in the first five months of the
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