Bulgaria ranks 52nd in the world in terms of economic freedom in 2024, according to the latest survey by the Canadian Fraser Institute, the Institute for Market Economics (IME) reported. The study measures the degree of economic freedom in 165..
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has slightly lowered its growth forecasts for the regions in which it invests. Bulgaria's economy will grow by 2.9 per cent in 2025, 0.1 per cent less than initially forecast in May...
The caretaker government has fulfilled its main task successfully – organizing fair and transparent elections for National Assembly and for European Parliament. All activities were transparent and within the deadlines set, the caretaker cabinet with..
2023 was another year in which high-level corruption in Bulgaria remained under the radar, as the criminal proceedings conducted did not reflect the true state of corruption in the public sector, according to one of the findings of the Anti-Corruption..
Bulgaria is significantly behind in the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP), says the report on the country prepared by Brussels for 2024, reports BNT. Bulgaria's RRP amounts to 5.689 billion euro in grants. So far, Bulgaria has..
"The governance programme will continue to be implemented over the next nine months. We are only halfway through," said Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov, reporting on the work of the outgoing government. Denkov said that he and Deputy Prime Minister..
Bulgaria has been identified as a free country in this year's Freedom in the World report , published on 29th February by the American NGO Freedom House. The country scored 78 out of 100 points . It scored 46 out of 60 for civil liberties and 32..
“We are aware of Lukoil Neftochim’s corruption scheme for evading the EU and US sanctions against Russia,” commented Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov in Sofia. The oil refinery in Burgas violated EU and US embargo on Russian oil, CSD say..
The Ministry of e-Government published and sent to the Central Election Commission its report on the evaluation of the voting machines, in accordance with the provisions of the Election Code of Bulgaria. Voting machine scandal as election..
The National Audit Office published the audit report for the bankrupt Corporate Commercial Bank, which was made in 2022. Credit files of the bankrupt bank providing information on who took loans and in what amount, how they were obtained and secured,..
