The Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) has approved the merger of KBC Bank Bulgaria (former Raiffeisenbank Bulgaria) and the United Bulgarian Bank (UBB). The decision is in implementation of an instruction of the European Central Bank, the BNB said. The operation is part of the financial measures that need to be supported by the Bulgarian National Bank as a member of the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM). After the transformation, UBB becomes the universal legal successor of KBC Bank Bulgaria which is dissolved without liquidation.
After the election for parliament on 27 October, the caretaker government has to submit a draft of a budget for 2025 to parliament by the end of the month. Some economic analysts say the budget of the country for 2024 is the worst in the past decade. Holes..
Bulgaria's economy will grow by 2.3 per cent this year. This is according to the latest World Economic Outlook prepared by the International Monetary Fund and presented today in Washington. This is down from the Fund's April estimate, which predicted that..
In 2023, the government budget deficit was 2% of GDP or €1.9 billion. This is indicated by the final data of the National Statistical Institute. This is a significant narrowing of the budget deficit compared to the previous 3 years...
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