Gross external debt, both private and public has been declining. At the end of May, the gross external debt was EUR 33.974 billion, which is an annual decline of 1% or EUR 330.2 million. This represents 59.9% of the country's projected GDP for this year, according to preliminary data from the Bulgarian National Bank. Compared to the end of last year, gross external debt is lower by 0.3% or 96.5 million euros, as it was 34.071 billion euros, but also 56.2% of GDP in 2019.
In 2024, the real estate market in Bulgaria registered a significant rise, with prices increasing by around 16%, and the number of real estate transactions going up as well. Real estate prices along the Black Sea coast have continued to grow,..
The real estate market in Bulgaria has steadily been growing in the past few years. There has been talk of a price bubble, inflated to serious proportions at the time of the pandemic, though expectations that it is going to burst have come to nothing...
One of the key steps in the expansion of the underground gas storage at Bulgaria's Chiren gas storage facility, the construction of the above-ground infrastructure and the installation of new compressors, has already been completed, Energy Minister..
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