"The Bulgarian banking sector is stable. The country's accession to the eurozone is a macroeconomic and political catalyst that should not be missed, said National Bank Governor Dimitar Radev before the conference "Banks and Business in Bulgaria in 2023".
"We are ready to put our foot on the accelerator. The reforms needed for an accession to the eurozone are good for Bulgaria’s economy as a whole," Dimitar Radev added and noted that the country's budget deficit should not exceed 3% of the gross domestic product. "Like other central banks, the Bulgarian National Bank will raise the base interest rate to bring inflation down to healthy levels", Dimitar Radev.
The Bulgarian National Bank has announced a base interest rate 1.3% as of December 1. In November it raised the base interest rate to 0.59%.
The liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Alexandroupolis, of which Bulgaria is co-shareholder, is already contributing to competitiveness in Greece and Bulgaria, but also in the entire region, said caretaker Energy Minister Vladimir Malinov after..
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..
Petar Ganev , senior researcher at the Institute for Market Economics announced, for the BNR, the publication of their white paper of the Bulgarian..
In the space of 15 years, from 2005 until 2020, 75% of the farms in the country have disappeared – from 500,000 in 2005 down to 132,000 in 2020, said..
In October 2024, the total business climate indicator decreased by 5.6 percentage points compared to September, dropping from 22.5% to 16.9%. The index..
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