Statistics and regulation
Wholesale tomato prices jump 17%, sunflower oil down 6%
Some wholesale food prices rose and others fell in the week of September 28 to October 2. A litre of sunflower oil fell to 1.68 euros.
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Statistics and regulation
Over 27,300 building safety violations found in nine months, 14 killed
Inspectors have carried out more than 5,800 checks on building sites since the start of 2026, shutting down work, machines or equipment over 660…
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Radev: Bulgaria to launch first electronic register of food prices
Regulators will get real data on shop prices to catch unfair trading practices, the prime minister told parliament.
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Finance ministry expects 3.6bn-euro deficit over nine months
Early estimates from the finance ministry show a budget gap of 2.8% of forecast GDP as of 30 September.
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Bulgaria's unemployment rate holds at 3.5% in August, 106,000 out of work
Bulgaria had the second-lowest unemployment rate in the eurozone and the fifth-lowest in the EU in August, Eurostat estimates show.
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Bulgaria home prices jump 15.5% in a year, second-highest in EU
Home prices in Bulgaria rose 15.5% in the second quarter of 2026 from a year earlier, the second-biggest increase in the EU, Eurostat data show.
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Bulgaria's prices fall 0.3% in September, but yearly inflation stays at 5.6%
Consumer prices in Bulgaria fell 0.3% last month compared with August, the National Statistical Institute said in a flash estimate. On a yearly…
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More students graduate in engineering, fewer in education and health
Almost 2,000 more students graduated in the 2025/2026 academic year than the year before, figures from the National Statistical Institute show.
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Banks make 1.4bn-euro profit by end of August, up 11.3% on year
Bulgaria's banks held assets worth 121bn euros at the end of August, and household loans grew by 548m euros over the month, the Bulgarian National…
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Bulgaria falls to 36th in the world for net wealth per person: 14,790 euros
Bulgarian households' savings grew 10% to 136.5 billion euros, but their debts rose 18.1%, an Allianz report shows.
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Bulgaria's foreign debt jumps 26.4% in a year, hits 69.8 billion euros
Bulgaria owed foreign lenders 69.8143 billion euros at the end of July, equal to 56.1% of forecast gross domestic product, according to preliminary…
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Bulgaria's producer prices rise 17.4% on year
Producer prices in Bulgarian industry rose 17.4% in August 2026 from a year earlier, up from 13.7% in July, Bulgaria's National Statistical Institute…
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CITUB: small shopping basket costs 0.7% more in September
Petrol got pricier and fruit and vegetable prices started their seasonal climb, the union says.
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Business climate drops to 15.3% in September, construction hit hardest
Bulgaria's business climate indicator fell by 1.3 points in September, the National Statistical Institute says. Manufacturing was the only sector to…
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Expert: Bulgarians drink 45 million litres of illegal rakia a year
Bulgaria drinks 70 million litres of pure alcohol a year, and 18 million litres of that never gets recorded anywhere, tax law expert Miroslav…