The International Monetary Fund has raised its forecast for Bulgaria’s economic growth up to 3 percent this year and to 2.8 percent next year. This is said in its report for the global economic outlook. In April IMF expected Bulgaria’s GDP to grow by 2.3 percentboth in 2016 and 2017. The fund now predicts that Bulgaria will see deflation of 1.6 percent in consumer prices this year while its April forecast was at just 0.2 percent. The institution has predicted an acceleration of inflation to 0.6 percent next year. The forecast for the level of 2016 unemployment in the country has been reduced to 8.2 percent down from 8.6 percent as forecast in April. IMF expects that in 2017 unemployment will be down to 7.1 percent.
Despite the bad weather, dozens of children and their parents took part in an initiative for making toys for the Christmas decoration of the capital city. At the initiative of Sofia municipality, a workshop was put up in the square in front of..
The Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (DSB) are to nominate the party’s leader Atanas Atanasov for president of the 51 st National Assembly. According to BNR sources, the decision was made by the party’s national leadership and will be put to..
During the regional GERB youth academy in Targovishte, GERB leader Boyko Borissov stated that GERB would not sign the declaration of We Continue the Change/Democratic Bulgaria (PP/DB) for a cordon sanitaire around Delyan Peevski. PP/DB calls..
The Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (DSB) are to nominate the party’s leader Atanas Atanasov for president of the 51 st National Assembly...
A Eurobarometer survey has registered the highest level of trust in the European Union since 2007 and the highest level of support ever for the common..
The second edition of the Festival of Apiculture Products continues in Pleven. The exposition features honey and apiculture products, as well as honey..
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