FDI in Bulgaria in January-September 2020 was 729.5M EUR
Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first nine months of the year stood at 729.5 million euro, the equivalent of 1.3 per cent of the gross domestic product, statistics from the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) showed on November 17.... Read More →
Bulgarian economy grew by 4.3% in Q3 2020
Bulgaria’s economy grew by 4.3 per cent in the third quarter of 2020, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said in a flash estimate on November 13. In real terms, gross domestic product (GDP) in Bulgaria in July-September was 31.22 billion... Read More →
German Festo to Build Third Plant in Sofia with an Investment of €40 Million
The German Festo to invest 40 million euros in acquiring, designing, and building a new plant near Sofia. This will be the company’s third production facility in Bulgaria, as it has plants in Smolyan and Druzhba district in Sofia. The plot near... Read More →
Bulgaria’s January-September 2020 Budget surplus at 871.4M BGN
Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said on October 30 that the consolidated Budget surplus for the first nine months of 2020 was 871.4 million leva, falling short of the ministry’s 890 million leva forecast issued last month. This was down from the... Read More →
78% in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia see it as good place to live
Seventy-eight per cent of people in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia see it as a good place to live for people in general while 83 per cent are satisfied to live in the city, according to the Quality of Life in European... Read More →
FDI in Bulgaria in January-July 2020 was 1.41B EUR
Foreign direct investment in Bulgaria in the first seven months of 2020 stood at 1.41 billion euro, the equivalent of 2.5 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP), statistics from the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) showed on September 18.... Read More →
Bulgaria raises 2.5 billion euro with two long-term bond issues
Bulgaria’s Finance Minister Kiril Ananiev said on September 16 that it has sold 2.5 billion euro in 10-year and 30-year eurobond issues on international markets, with the funds slated to finance the government’s economic measures to blunt the impact of... Read More →
Bulgaria’s exports in January-July 2020 dropped 7.5% y/y
The total value of all goods exported from Bulgaria in January to July 2020 was 7.5 per cent less than in the same period of 2019, according to figures posted on September 14 by the National Statistical Institute (NSI). Trade... Read More →
Unemployment in Bulgaria in July 2020 was 4.4 %, the EU unemployment rate was 7.2 per cent
Unemployment in Bulgaria in July 2020 was 4.4 per cent, unchanged from June, according to seasonally-adjusted figures published on September 1 by European Union statistics agency Eurostat. The 4.4 per cent represented an estimated 143 000 people in Bulgaria, according... Read More →
Poll: Business sentiment in Bulgaria improved fractionally in August 2020
A regular monthly poll by Bulgaria’s National Statistical Institute (NS) has found that business sentiment in the country improved marginally in August 2020, compared with July, but largely only because of improved confidence among managers in the service sector. The... Read More →