Bulgaria is determined to become a member of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development - OECD. This is what Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Svetlan Stoev has told the OECD Secretary General Mathias Cormann in Paris. Deputy Prime Minister for EU Funds Atanas Pekanov and Minister of Finance Valeri Belchev also took part in the talks at the annual meeting of the OECD Council.
Mathias Cormann congratulated Bulgaria on the clear progress made in preparing for OECD accession and encouraged the country to continue to fully implement all OECD standards based on the values of democracy, open market economy, rule of law and human rights.
In an unprecedented move, the Bulgarian government approved the 2026 state budget draft at its meeting toda y without the agreement of employers’ organisations. Tsvetan Simeonov, President of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said that..
Today, Sofia will host the fifth edition of the Global Women Leaders Forum. The event is organized by the Council of Women in Business in Bulgaria. Themed “Fast and Furious Changing World: Women in the Driving Seat”, the 2025 edition of the forum..
The average gross monthly salary in Bulgaria for July 2025 was BGN 2,570 (EUR 1,314.02), for August BGN 2,497 (EUR 1,276.7), and for September BGN 2,580 (EUR 1.319). The average monthly salary increased by 12.0% compared to the third quarter of..
In 2026, Bulgaria will assume the presidency of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region for the second time. The symbolic handover of the presidency took..
“The storm has mostly passed, but there are still risks”, Deputy Premier Tomislav Donchev told bTV regarding Lukoil . ''The first priority is to..
Bulgaria has no additional conditions from the United States for the exception of the sanctions imposed on Lukoil to enter into force, Minister of..
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