World Bank Lifts Bulgaria’s 2025 Growth Forecast to 3%
The World Bank has revised upward its outlook for Bulgaria’s economy, projecting a 3% increase in gross domestic product (GDP) for 2025
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Bulgaria’s Minister of Regional Development, Rosen Pleveneliev (pictured) is accompanying the President of the World Bank on a trip to northeastern Bulgaria to oversee the repairs of a road, partly financed by the Bank. Photo by BGNES
The President of the World Bank Robert B. Zoellick and Bulgaria’s Minister of Regional Development, Rosen Pleveneliev, are visiting Monday the road project connecting the Bulgarian Black Sea capital Varna and the city of Dobrich.
The road is being repaired under a program for Rehabilitation of Road Infrastructure and is co-financed b with a World Bank Loan. The Varna-Dobrich segment is part of Lot 3 of the project with a cost of BGN 5.5 M.
The loan has also been used for the purchase of measuring tools and equipment for the Central Institute for Road Technologies, National and European Standards. Two of them will be demonstrated during the Monday visit.
The Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) has decided to increase the countercyclical capital buffer to 2.25%, in a move aimed at easing pressure on the rapidly growing housing credit market and strengthening the resilience of the banking system.
Energy expert Boyan Rashev has warned that Europe could be moving toward what he described as an “energy lockdown” scenario if fuel supply pressures continue to worsen
Fuel prices in Bulgaria have continued to edge upward, with diesel and gasoline both registering increases in the days following the Easter holiday
Bulgaria’s tourism sector has never been stronger and has been achieving steady growth for the past few years.
Industrial output in Bulgaria posted a modest monthly increase in February 2026, but continued to decline sharply on an annual basis, according to preliminary, seasonally adjusted data from the National Statistical Institute.
The president of the Confederation of Bulgarian Trade Unions, Plamen Dimitrov, has warned that inflation in Bulgaria is likely to exceed earlier projections, even if fuel prices begin to decline
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