Economy
Vazrazhdane wants parliament to hear head of wholesale market price agency over rising food prices
Wholesale market prices rose for a second week in a row, and the party wants lawmakers to hear an explanation why.
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Economy
Finance Ministry borrows another 150 million euros on domestic market
The finance ministry sold five-year government bonds worth 150 million euros at Monday's auction, at an average yield of 4.02%. That takes Bulgaria's…
Economy
Government gives energy ministry 8.7m euros for waste storage site
The money covers the final indexing and closes out the contract for the first stage of the National Radioactive Waste Storage Facility. In a separate…
Economy
NRA: foreign income for 2025 must be declared by 30 April 2026
Anyone who earned money abroad in 2025, or who owns property or shares in foreign companies, must declare it to the NRA, the agency says.
Economy
Bulgarian wine exports to China drop 84% in five years
Sales have fallen from almost 170,000 litres in 2021 to around 27,000 litres in 2025, says Nikolay Paunov, executive director of the vine and wine…
Economy
Government puts 126.6m euros into new Maritsa Iztok Holding
The government has approved a first payment of 126.6m euros into the capital of Maritsa Iztok Holding EAD. A second payment of 25m euros is due in…
Economy
Councils to register electric scooters under new rules
The government has approved rules for registering personal electric vehicles, putting local councils in charge of the register.
Economy
PP asks anti-corruption watchdog to investigate MP Slavi Vasilev over fuel company
We Continue the Change wants a conflict-of-interest check on MP Slavi Vasilev, who voted to lift the ban on fuel exports.
Economy
Justice committee backs protection against "gag lawsuits" in civil law (updated)
MPs on the justice committee have approved, at second reading, changes to the Civil Procedure Code that would stop clearly groundless lawsuits filed…
Economy
Legal committee approves up to 30 new staff for Trade Register
Parliament's legal committee has approved changes to the Trade Register Act on second reading, letting the Registry Agency hire up to 30 people on…
Economy
Power price for businesses falls to 133.80 euros per megawatt-hour tomorrow, IBEX data show
The average price on the exchange's day-ahead segment for delivery on September 30 is 133.80 euros per megawatt-hour, without VAT.
Economy
Dotsova: Black Sea nations gain more by sharing experience
Burgas is hosting the 67th meeting of the BSEC Committee on Economic Policy and Development, focused on the economic side of climate change.
Economy
Foreign visitors to Bulgaria down 2.1% in August
Bulgaria had 2,221,200 foreign visitors in August, down 2.1% from a year earlier, the national statistics office said. Trips abroad by Bulgarians…
Economy
MRF MP asks for excise law changes on homemade rakia to be dropped
Atidzhe Alieva-Veli filed an objection to the proposed rules on homemade rakia the day the draft went to public hearing.
Economy
Business services prices rise 7.2% a year in second quarter
Prices for business services in Bulgaria rose 7.2% in the second quarter of 2026 compared with a year earlier, up from 5.5% in the first quarter, the…