Bulgaria's Eurozone Entry by 2026: Possible, But Tense, Expert Warns
Financier Plamen Danailov, a municipal councilor from the "There Is Such a People" party, recently discussed Bulgaria's potential adoption of the euro
A total of 3.6% of enterprises in Bulgaria use artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, according to data from a study by the National Statistical Institute.
More often this happens in large companies with more than 250 employees (13.8%). The share of medium-sized enterprises (with between 50 and 249 employees) that work with artificial intelligence is 5.5 percent, and among smaller ones only 3% use this technology.
In 2023, 96.3% of non-financial enterprises with 10 or more employees have access to the Internet. 89.2% of enterprises have a fixed Internet connection, and in 46.6% the maximum data download speed is higher than 100 Mbps, statistics show.
The relative share of workers to whom the employer has provided access to the Internet is 39.7%. The global network is most widely used in companies from the "Creation and dissemination of information and creative products; telecommunications" sector (92.2%), and the least - in the manufacturing industry (25.5%).
Every second company (50.4%) has its own website, which is most often used to describe the offered goods and services and price information (37.9%).
In 2023, 38.0% of businesses use various types of social media to grow their business and expand their web presence. The most popular are social networks (Facebook, LinkedIn, Xing, Yammer, Viadeo, etc.), in which 37.2% of enterprises maintain their profile, followed by websites and multimedia sharing applications such as YouTube and Instagram - 13.2%.
In 2023, 21.7% of enterprises use ERP software. The share of companies that have a customer relationship management (CRM) application is smaller - 10.5%, as well as those using business intelligence (BI) software - 4.2%.
European Commissioner for Economy Valdis Dombrovskis has stated that Bulgaria's objective of joining the eurozone on January 1, 2026
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Communications, Grozdan Karadjov, announced that a concession procedure for Plovdiv Airport will soon be initiated
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has officially renamed Sofia Airport
Courier service prices in Bulgaria are set to rise from March 1, with some deliveries increasing by nearly 10%
Tourism in Bulgaria is increasingly shifting from traditional hotel stays to more experience-focused offerings
Interest in newly built properties is on the rise, driven by factors such as increasing prosperity
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