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author: Vladimir Subev

Malas valoraciones de la CE del desarrollo económico de Bulgaria

En vísperas de la Fiesta Nacional de Bulgaria la CE publicó su Encuesta anual de crecimiento 2015. De los 16 países, cuyas economías habían sido calificadas como afectadas por desequilibrios macroeconómicos, la CE rebaja en mayor grado las valoraciones..

04.03.15 14:34 |

Los refugiados y la economía búlgara

En vez de que la economía búlgara gane del flujo de ciudadanos extranjeros que buscan asilo en el país, Bulgaria hace gastos adicionales en su sustento, que es un fardo complementario para el escaso presupuesto nacional. Es decir que en vez de ganar de..

02.03.15 09:05 |

Sofía aprueba para 2015 un presupuesto record

A mediados de febrero, la capital búlgara aprobó un presupuesto récord de 750 millones de euros. En comparación con Sofía la segunda mayor ciudad de Bulgaria, Plovdiv, perece pobre con su humilde presupuesto de135 millones de euros. Muchos..

24.02.15 10:57 |

Power generation turns up the political heat, again

It is evident that the problems in Bulgarian power generation are now so pressing that their resolution can no longer be postponed even by a month, after this weekend Prime Minister Boyko Borissov himself cautioned that “unless an immediate..

23.02.15 11:56 |

Refugees and the Bulgarian economy

Instead of deriving benefits from the incoming foreign nationals seeking asylum in the country, the Bulgarian economy is incurring additional expenses for their upkeep, a deadweight to the slender national budget. In fact, instead of benefiting from the..

17.02.15 13:57 |

First 100 days of second Borissov cabinet: stabilization and reform

Few people believed in the first days of Prime Minister’s Boyko Borissov’s second cabinet that the frail coalition, pieced together so arduously, would survive or that it would have the capacity of stabilizing the country after two years of..

14.02.15 08:20 |

Investors welcome mid-term program of government

At a time when major agencies lowered their ratings for neighboring Greece, and showed mistrust to one of Bulgaria’s major trading partners - Russia, the Moody's Investor Services gave its approval for the medium-term fiscal policy of Bulgaria..

09.02.15 14:24 |

Will the currency tempest rock the Bulgarian boat?

The currency markets seem to have gone crazy – the exchange rate of the euro to the US dollar plummeted, reaching a record low, the Swiss franc shot up to reach the level of the European currency, the European Central Bank declared it was going..

28.01.15 11:39 |

Oil prices hit record low – does Bulgaria stand to lose or gain?

Petrol and diesel prices in Bulgaria reached a record low at the end of last week, dropping below the psychological threshold of BGN 2 (EUR 1.01) a litre at petrol stations. The fact itself is no sensation – oil prices in the world have been..

14.01.15 12:12 |

Red light for Bulgarian State Railways

The Bulgarian State Railways are facing a crisis, again, whose roots go back to the time before Bulgaria’s accession to the EU in 2007. The cargo and passengers transported in the past ten years are down by half, with the decline in the number of..

13.01.15 12:02 |