In March 2020, the trips of Bulgarian citizens abroad and visits of foreigners to Bulgaria registered a decline due to the suspension of international flights and the […]
Month: March 2020
Eurostat: Euro Area Unemployment At 7.4%
In March 2020, the month when COVID-19 containment measures began to be widely introduced by Member States, the euro area seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 7.4%, up from 7.3% in February 2020. […]
2000 km Away From The Green Deal: How The History Of One Power Plant Turned Into Destiny For Several Generations Of Bulgarians
Future without carbon emissions – this is the goal of the European Commission for the start of the next decade supported in principle by the […]
MLSP: Nearly 102,000 Employees From Over 7,400 Companies To Retain Their Jobs
A total of 7403 job retention applications from 101 849 employees were submitted under the 60/40 measure at labor offices across the country as of April 27. […]
EC Approves A €150 Million Bulgarian Scheme To Support SMEs
The European Commission has approved a €150 million (approx. BGN 294 million) Bulgarian scheme to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the context of the coronavirus outbreak. The scheme was […]
Disruption Could Put Millions Of Small Businesses At Risk
· The average SME insurance claim exceeds the monthly net profit of 45 per cent of the UK’s SMEs · The most common claims by […]
Bulgaria’s Government Debt Is 8.3 percent Of GDP Reports BNB
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 […]
Bulgaria Has The Second Lowest Debt In The EU
Bulgaria has entered the coronavirus pandemic crisis with the second lowest percentage of debt in the EU and the third highest percentage of budget surplus. 2019 figures have been released […]
BTA: European Central Bank, National Bank Of Bulgaria Set Up Swap Line
The European Central Bank (ECB) and the National Bank of Bulgaria (BNB, the central bank) have set up a swap line to ensure liquidity of up to two billion euros, the […]
NSI Preliminary Data: The Government Debt Of Bulgaria For 2019 Is 24 205 Million BGN or 20.4% Of GDP
According to preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute the General Government Institutional Sector reported in 2019 a surplus of 2 470 million BGN or 2.1% of […]