The World Bank has lowered its forecast for the growth of the Bulgarian economy for the current year to 3.3% compared to 4.3% in its June report. In 2022, the institution expects Bulgaria’s growth to accelerate to a level of 3.7%.
At the same time, the bank forecasts a weaker contraction of Bulgaria's GDP for past year - by 5.1%, compared to the initially projected 6.2%. This was announced today by the bank, quoted by Reuters.
In the second quarter of 2025, Bulgaria recorded the second-highest GDP annual growth in the European Union with a rise of 3.4% compared to the same period last year, according to Eurostat data. Compared to the previous quarter of 2025, Bulgaria..
Bulgaria’s state budget for 2025 does not add up. “The genie is out of the bottle – the state has never spent at such a pace,” warn financial experts. With only a few months left in the year, and despite the strenuous efforts of institutions such as the..
Bulgaria’s state gas supplier Bulgartransgaz has been “decapitalised” by a contract with Turkish company Botaş, Energy Minister Zhecho Stankov warned on Thursday, saying the deal could also threaten gas supplies to local district heating companies...
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