Easter Monday in Bulgaria: Tradition and Family Visits
Orthodox Easter Monday is the day following Easter Sunday and is observed across Bulgaria as part of the wider Easter celebration within the Orthodox Christian tradition
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The deposits of non-financial enterprises, households and not-for-profit organizations servicing households held in commercial banks by the end of December 2020, amounted to a total of BGN 90.3 billion, up by 10% set against a year earlier, BNB reported on Wednesday. There were a total of 9.9 million deposits, down by 2.5% compared to the end of 2019.
Non-financial enterprises held a total of 587,000 deposits (down by 2.8% from a year ago) worth a total of BGN 29.3 billion (up by 10.5% year-on-year).
Households and not-for-profit organizations servicing households had 9.36 million deposits (down by 2.5% from a year earlier) to the total amount of BGN 61 billion (up by 9.7% year-on-year an).
Households alone held BGN 3.03 billion in 1,180 deposits of over 1 million leva each.
Loans
Non-financial enterprises, households and not-for-profit organizations servicing households have drawn 2.9 million in loans (down by 8.2% compared to a year earlier) worth a total of BGN 61.5 billion (by 4.6% more than a year earlier) at the end of 2020.
Non-financial enterprises alone had 140,000 loans for a total of BGN 36 billion. That was, respectively, 5.9% and 3.1% more than a year earlier.
At the end of last year the number of loans provided to households and not-for-profit organizations servicing households decreased by 8.3% on an annual basis, reaching 2.78 million in loans. Their value increased by 6.6% up to nearly BGN 25.5 billion.
The Ministry of Finance has released a broad public dataset covering more than 7,000 public procurement contracts with a combined value exceeding 30 billion euros
Caretaker Finance Minister Georgi Klisurski said he expects fuel prices at gas stations to ease in the coming period, pointing to a sharp decline in international oil markets
Bulgaria’s new government borrowing for 2026 has surpassed the 1 billion euro mark following the latest successful auction of state securities, according to data cited from the Bulgarian National Bank
Bulgaria recorded only a modest and one-off increase in inflation following the adoption of the euro on January 1, with the effect estimated at between 0.3 and 0.4 percentage points
Data released by the Ministry of Finance, covering budget execution for February 2026 and preliminary estimates for March 2026, indicate a marked deterioration in Bulgaria’s fiscal position
In the 2026 edition of the Index of Economic Freedom, compiled by the Heritage Foundation, Bulgaria is placed 38th out of 176 countries, positioned between Costa Rica and Oman
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