The economic crisis in Bulgaria is deepening, and the country is among the countries of Southeastern Europe which is spending the most due to the coronavirus. That is why its economic recovery is expected to be slower and more difficult after the predicted shrinkage of its GDP.
In 2020 the growth of the Bulgarian economy is expected to shrink by around 7%, and unemployment – to exceed 10%. This is indicated by the annual “Bulgaria in figures” edition of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) with data about the country’s economic indicators in 2019 compared to 27 international rankings.
Bulgaria is improving its position – from 77th to 71st place – in “absence of corruption” but is declining in “rule of law”, “prosperity” and “conditions for doing business”, the document reads.
At a meeting with the ambassador of Japan to Bulgaria Hisashi Michigami, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev welcomed the interest by the Japanese side in the investment and trade potential of Bulgaria. The meeting was attended by proprietors and..
Bulgaria is going to the sixth early parliamentary elections in less than 4 years, and this hinders the constructive debate and the ratification of an important convention prepared by the International Labor Organization (ILO) and accepted by 44 countries..
On October 4, 1974, the construction of the Hemus Motorway from Sofia to Varna started. Back then, the chairman of the State Council and leader of the Bulgarian Communist Party, Todor Zhivkov, turned the first sod for the country's..
The Russian state oil company Lukoil has plans to sell its Bulgarian refinery Neftochim based in Burgas on the Black Sea Coast. It is the largest in the..
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