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Bulgaria ranks 69th in the latest Corruption Perceptions Index of Transparency International released on Wednesday.
Bulgaria retained its ranking from 2014, but its score slightly declined from 43 to 41.
Sharing the 69th position with Jamaica, Bulgaria is the most corrupt country among the member states of the EU.
The index measures the perceived levels of public sector corruption across the world and ranks 168 countries and territories on a scale of 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean).
Denmark continues to occupy the top of the ranking with a score of 91, while North Korea and Somalia remain at the bottom with a score of 8.
Five of the top six countries are in northern Europe – Denmark, Finland, Sweden, the Netherlands and Norway.
Five of the ten most corrupt countries also rank among the ten least peaceful places in the world.
More than six billion people live in countries with serious corruption problems, with no state being free of corruption.
However there is a positive development as last year more countries improved their score than declined.
Discussion around the admission of third-country workers to the Bulgarian labor market has intensified, often with emotions running high.
Bulgarians are reminded that annual tax returns must be filed by the end of April, with any additional tax due to be paid in euros
Former Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Ivan Shishkov, who leads the Progressive Bulgaria list in Vratsa, announced on Nova TV that his team plans to design all highways across Bulgaria within two years
Reports from the border between Greece and Bulgaria show a growing trend of Greek citizens traveling to Bulgaria to take advantage of lower gasoline prices, with differences reaching up to 50 cents per liter.
Ivan Demerdzhiev, former Minister of Internal Affairs and member of the "Progressive Bulgaria" coalition, emphasized in an interview on BNT that his group is driven by principles rather than political maneuvering
Rumen Spetsov, the special manager of Lukoil in Bulgaria, has assured that fuel supplies in the country are secure and that there is no reason to expect shortages in the foreseeable future.
Reports from the border between Greece and Bulgaria show a growing trend of Greek citizens traveling to Bulgaria to take advantage of lower gasoline prices, with differences reaching up to 50 cents per liter.
On Tuesday, much of Bulgaria will remain under considerable cloud cover.
The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency has detected bacterial contamination and mold in several sandwiches distributed in schools during a series of inspections
Producers of basic food products in Bulgaria are warning that the continuing rise in fuel prices could soon be reflected in the cost of goods on the market.
As of March 16, 2026, Bulgaria’s major and complex dams hold a total of about 4,892.4 million cubic meters of water, which corresponds to roughly 74.85% of their overall storage capacity
The ongoing conflict in the Middle East has so far had no substantial effect on the prices of goods and services in Bulgaria
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