Sofia’s Vitosha Boulevard continues to hold its status as Bulgaria’s most expensive shopping street, with average rents reaching 726 euros per square meter per year, according to the latest Main Streets Across the World 2025 report by Cushman & Wakefield. This places Vitosha Boulevard 41st globally in 2025, a slight rise from its 42nd position…
Property prices in Sofia are expected to continue their upward trend in 2026, even as the number of completed transactions declines, according to real estate expert Dr. Georgi Yankov. Yankov, co-founder of Imvestia and a managing partner at a major real estate agency, noted that rising prices did not indicate a market equilibrium where buyers…
All indices on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange opened strongly in their first session measured in euros, showing gains across the board. At a ceremonial event marking the start of trading, Manyu Moravenov, executive director of the exchange, expressed optimism about the year ahead for Bulgaria’s capital market. Moravenov highlighted that the Bulgarian Stock Exchange was…
Bulgaria marked its first official euro transactions shortly after the stroke of midnight on January 1, as the country officially adopted the single European currency. According to the payment service provider Borica AD, the very first successful euro withdrawal was recorded at 00:20 at an ATM in the popular seaside resort of Sunny Beach. Earlier,…
Bulgaria has recorded the largest drop in industrial production within the European Union for the fifth month in a row, according to preliminary data from Eurostat. In October, the country’s industrial output fell by 7.6% compared to the same month in 2024, a sharper decline than the 5.7% contraction reported in September. In contrast, industrial…
As of the end of November, household and NPISH (non-profit institutions serving households) deposits in Bulgaria reached 100.881 billion leva, marking a 15.8% rise compared with the same month in 2024, according to a report by the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) on December 23. The growth in household deposits has been steady since July, following…
Ahead of Bulgaria’s entry into the eurozone on January 1, 2026, and due to heightened demand for euro coin starter kits featuring the national side, the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) will extend its working hours for customer service on December 27. At the BNB central building, located at 1 Knyaz Alexander I Square in Sofia,…