Sofia has met the last criterion for entering the eurozone. After meeting the inflation criterion, the data on the budget deficit for 2024 should have been released according to the EU methodology.
In 2024, the institutional sector "General Government" had a budget deficit of 3 billion euros or 3% of GDP, according to preliminary data from the National Statistical Institute and Eurostat. In this way the deficit criterion has also been met.
On average, the budget deficit in EU countries for the past year was 3.2%, Eurostat reported. The largest deficit is in Romania - 9.3% of GDP, Poland - 6.6% and France - 5.8%. Denmark has a budget surplus of +4.5%, Ireland and Cyprus have +4.3% and Greece has +1.3%.
On Tuesday , the lowest temperatures will be between 16 to 22°C. In Sofia it will be 16°C. During the day, the cloudiness from the north-east will decrease, but over the southeastern regions of Bulgaria before noon and over many..
EU Commissioner for Home Affairs and Migration Magnus Brunner, together with Bulgarian Interior Minister Daniel Mitov and Greek Deputy Minister for Migration and Asylum Sevi Vouloudaki, visited the Kulata-Promachonas border crossing between Bulgaria..
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Another protest against the adoption of the euro took place in Sofia and other cities in Bulgaria on June 28. The protest in the capital Sofia..
Bulgaria’s Deputy Premier and Minister of Transport and Communications Grozdan Karadzhov met with North Macedonia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister..
EU Commissioner for Home Affairs and Migration Magnus Brunner, together with Bulgarian Interior Minister Daniel Mitov and Greek Deputy Minister for..
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