Bulgaria’s gross domestic product is to decrease by 4% in 2020 and then regain ground with 4.1% growth in 2021 the International Monetary Fund forecasts in its latest World Economic Outlook report presented on Tuesday.
IMF expects that inflation in Bulgaria will slow down from 2.5% in 2019 to 1.2% in 2020 and then increase to 1.7% in 2021.
Unemployment in Bulgaria is to increase from 4.2% in 2019 to 5.6% in 2020. In 2021, Bulgaria’s unemployment is expected to fall to 4.5%, IMF further forecasts.
Bulgaria’s Premier Rosen Zhelyazkov and Ukrainie’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed energy security in the region and opportunities to strengthen cooperation in this area. The two held a phone conversation on November 6. They also discussed..
Six migrants died after the car transporting them overturned on the shore of Lake Vaya near Burgas. Before the accident, the traffickers’ car had been chased by border police between the towns of Kiten and Burgas. The driver of the car — a Romanian..
In the period November 7 to 9, Sofia Tech Park will host the tenth edition of CASSINI Hackathons & Mentoring, organized by the European Commission and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA). The hackathon will..
On Saturday , the lowest temperatures will be between 7 and 12°C; in Sofia - around 8°. In the morning hours visibility will be..
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