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
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 Association of Tour Operators and Travel Agents “Future for Tourism” (OBT) has urged the authorities to ensure equal treatment of Bulgarian citizens awaiting evacuation from Dubai
Industrial producer prices across the euro area and the European Union moved higher in January 2026 on a monthly basis, yet remained below their levels from a year earlier, according to Eurostat data
Bulgarian businesses remain strongly supportive of the country’s eurozone membership, according to the January survey conducted by Alfa Research, which monitors public attitudes toward the adoption of the euro
In Bulgaria, the overwhelming majority of complaints about high electricity bills are coming from households that rely on electricity for heating, particularly through air conditioners, the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) reported
Acting Energy Minister Traycho Traykov commented on Nova TV that the recent rise in fuel prices in Bulgaria is modest, with gasoline and diesel increasing by just three cents, reflecting crude oil quotations
In Bansko, the winter tourism season is facing a severe crisis as the war in the Middle East triggers widespread cancellations. Reservations from Israel and other affected countries have been entirely scrapped, leaving hotels nearly empty
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