Bulgarian companies are among the least indebted in the European Union, according to the latest Eurostat data for the end of 2025. Corporate debt among non-financial enterprises in Bulgaria stands at 45% of gross domestic product, significantly below the EU average of 70.1% and the euro area average of 71.6%. Based on this indicator, Bulgaria…
Tallinn Airport servived 373,000 passengers in June, setting a new all-time record. At the same time, travel agencies say they are seeing fewer customers and attribute the decline to the economic situation. “We have never seen a figure like this in June before,” said Eero Pargmae, member of the management board of Tallinn Airport. He…
Companies exporting fish and fish products from Armenia to the European Union will be required to undergo inspections by the Food Safety Inspectorate and register in the EU’s TRACES control system. The corresponding draft regulation has been approved by the Armenian government. Armenia received official authorization on March 16, 2025, to export scaled fish and…
During the first half of 2026, taxpayers included in the Register of Large Payers for 2026 transferred UAH 579.6 billion in taxes, fees and other payments to the Consolidated Budget of Ukraine. This is 48.8% of all tax revenues to the country’s budget. This was stated by the Acting Head of the State Tax Service…
148.7 billion UAH of taxes, fees and other mandatory payments were paid by state-owned enterprises to the Consolidated Budget of Ukraine in the first half of 2026. This is 5.2 billion UAH, or 3.6% more than in the same period last year. The main sources of growth were: – Rent for the use of subsoil…
The private health insurer Dovera has agreed to buy Union Health Insurance from Dutch insurance group Achmea. If approved by regulators, the transaction will reduce the number of health insurers operating in Slovakia’s public health insurance system from three to two. The two insurers will continue operating separately until the deal receives approval from the…
A European Parliament international trade committee has approved an initiative to exempt nearly 80% of Armenian exports to the EU from customs duties. The legislative proposal on “temporary trade liberalization measures applicable to Armenian goods” was considered and adopted by the committee without objections. In early July, the European Commission formally proposed that the European…