The stress tests of the Bulgarian banking system have suggested the need of corrections of 1.3 percent of bank assets. This amounts to the total of 665 million leva (close to 333 million euro). The Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) has said that the banks that have to carry out supervision measures have already submitted their plans. The stress tests of the system have been conducted under both a basic and adverse scenarios. The need to make corrections has been found at First Investment Bank, Piraeus, Investbank and Victoria Commercial Bank. The evaluation of the quality of assets and stress tests have suggested that the banking system is stable and extremely resistant.
Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov and Deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev cancelled the meeting, scheduled for today, of the National Tripartite Council on the draft budget for 2006 after, in an unprecedented move, businesses decided not to take..
The European Commission has presented a proposal for developing high-speed railway lines within the EU until 2040, linking the capitals in the EU, among them a direct link Bucharest-Sofia-Athens. According to the plan, using the trans-European..
President Rumen Radev has returned for a new discussion in parliament the adopted legal amendments, according to which the sale of assets of Russian company Lukoil in the country will take place after a decision of the Council of..
Birth rate in Bulgaria has decreased by 33% over the past three decades. In 1994, 79,442 live births were registered in the country, while in 2024 the..
The police have neutralized an organized crime group that transported migrants from Burgas through Sofia to the Serbian border, Sofia..
The majority in parliament overcame the president's veto on the Investment Promotion Act. The bill was passed in second reading on..
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