The progress towards group immunity against Covid-19 and the phasing out of the restrictive pandemic measures in Bulgaria and the country’s trading partners will lead to a tangible increase in the GDP during the second and third quarter of 2021...
The paper ballots for the parliamentary elections on April 4 will be white. They will be made of thick non-transparent paper, which does not allow the secret of the vote to be revealed. The ballots will be printed by the Printing..
The Bulgarian National Bank and Bulgaria's Ministry of Finance will hold the first auction of the year for the sale of bonds today. Interest-bearing treasury bonds have a maturity of 10 and a half years and are open-ended with a fixed interest rate...
The Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) recalls that on January 1, 2021 it withdraws from circulation banknotes with a value of BGN 2 (approximately equal to EUR 1), issued in 1999 and 2005. They will no longer be legal tender, the bank has reported. After..
Bulgarian exports fell by more than 1.8 billion euros in the period from January to October compared to the first ten months of 2019, data of the Bulgarian National Bank shows. Imports for the same period shrank by 2.9 billion euros. The exports of..
Starting January 1, 2021, the paper two-lev bill will not be an official means of payment any more. The decision has been made by the BNB Governing Council, reporter Marta Mladenova informed. Banknotes from 1999 and 2005 are currently in..
Bulgarians remain pessimistic about their financial situation over the next 12 months, a survey of the National Statistical Institute conducted in July 2020 reads. Although attitudes on economic development in this country are better than..
The Bulgarian National Bank forecasts an increase in non-performing loans and has kept buffer for the vaults at 0.5 percent of their capital in the third quarter. The central bank recalls that at the beginning of the crisis with Covid-19, it..
The Bulgarian National Bank reports that the gross external debt of the State Governance sector at the end of February 2020 amounted to EUR 5 423.3 million or 8.3 per cent of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and decreased by EUR 4.3 million..
Bulgaria's central bank BNB has adopted the guidelines approved by the European Banking Authority for private moratoria on payments in light of the Covid-19 crisis. Payment moratoria are seen as an effective tool to address short-term liquidity..
