The Bulgarian economy marked a 4.3% growth rate during the third quarter compared to the second quarter, when a record decline of 10.1% was registered, National Statistical Institute data indicate.
Compared to the third quarter of 2019, the GDP continues to shrink by 5.2% year over year. Due to the strict quarantine during the second quarter the annual decline reached 8.6%, the worst economic downturn in the country since the beginning of 1997.
Final consumption registered a positive economic growth rate of 9.3% in the third quarter of 2020 compared to a year earlier. The external balance is positive, National Statistical Institute figures show.
The international scientific conference “Bulgarians in the Northern Black Sea Region” will be held in Sofia on October 27 and 28, 2025 in the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore with Ethnographic Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Prof...
The annual planned maintenance of Kozloduy NPP Unit 6 starts today and is expected to last until early December, the nuclear power plant has announced. During the shutdown, technical maintenance of the systems and facilities will be carried out,..
Saturday will start off with lows between 6°C and 11°C, dropping to around 6°C in Sofia. Skies will brighten for a time over northern Bulgaria before turning cloudy again later, with rain moving in by evening and overnight. Cloudy spells are also..
Bulgaria could run into fuel shortages if the Lukoil Neftochim refinery stops operating, former Prime Minister and GERB leader Boyko Borissov warned on..
The Institute for Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Technology (INSAIT) at Sofia University ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’ has released SPEAR-1, an..
The first regular direct flights between Bulgaria and the United States are expected to begin in April 2026, Transport and Communications Minister..
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