The inflation rate is slowing down for the second month running. In November the National Statistical Institute registered a 16.9% inflation rate, versus over 17% a month earlier, and the record 18.7% in September.
The monthly inflation rate for November is 0.8%. The prices of practically all groups of commodities and services have gone up, the price rise being steepest for thermal energy. In October, monthly inflation in Bulgaria was 0.9%, compared to the previous month and annual inflation, compared to October 2021, is 17.6%. According to the small consumer basket price index, the increase in November 2022 is 1.4% on a monthly basis, and 21.4% since the beginning of the year.
Illegal recruitment agencies in Uzbekistan are sending workers to Bulgaria with promises of salaries of 5,000 leva (€2,560) . The reality often discourages them from staying, leaving employers at a loss. Officials, employer organisations and businesses..
In an unprecedented move, the Bulgarian government approved the 2026 state budget draft at its meeting toda y without the agreement of employers’ organisations. Tsvetan Simeonov, President of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said that..
Today, Sofia will host the fifth edition of the Global Women Leaders Forum. The event is organized by the Council of Women in Business in Bulgaria. Themed “Fast and Furious Changing World: Women in the Driving Seat”, the 2025 edition of the forum..
Bulgaria consistently opposes proposals to remove the requirement for unanimity in decision-making within the framework of the EU’s Common Foreign and..
"As of today, there will be no acting mayor of Varna and the position will be held by the legally elected mayor Blagomir Kotsev," said..
President Rumen Radev has vetoed the legislative amendments related to the appointment of a special commercial administrator in the..
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