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A poll done by Alpha Research in December has found that fears of a worsening Covid-19 pandemic and a focus on measures to address the health and economic consequences pushed down the number of Bulgarians who said that they intended to vote in the coming parliamentary elections. The poll, one in a regular quarterly series by Alpha Research, was done between December 15 and 21 by interviewing 1017 adult citizens across all parts of Bulgaria. About 49.6 per cent of those polled in December said that they intended to vote, a decrease of about 10 per cent compared with Alpha Research’s Septembe...

Indignation erupted on social networks in Bulgaria on January 6 as, in spite of the Covid-19 pandemic, gatherings were held across the country for the Orthodox Church Epiphany ritual of pursuing a cross thrown by clergy into a river, lake or the sea. The rest of this article is exclusively available to supporters of The Sofia Globe’s Patreon page. If you have not yet become a patron, it costs three euro a month, or the equivalent in other currencies, to do so. Please click on the “Become a patron” button below. About the Author The Sofia Globe - the Sofia-based fully independent English...

Bulgaria’s economy was set to grow by 3.3 per cent this year after the estimated 5.1 per cent drop suffered in 2020 as a result of the Covid-19 global pandemic, according to the latest World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects report, released on January 6. The report also projected 3.7 per cent economic growth in 2022. Compared to the June 2020 report, the World Bank appeared to suggest that the post-Covid rebound would be steeper than it projected earlier, with this year’s growth forecast at 1.1 percentage points higher than the previous estimate, while growth in 2022 would be one percen...

Preparations are being made for the second phase of vaccination against Covid-19 in Bulgaria, involving 15 000 residents of old-age homes and 11 000 staff and social workers, Health Minister Kostadin Angelov said on January 2. Speaking at a meeting between Prime Minister Boiko Borissov and members of the Cabinet, Angelov said that the second phase would begin after further supplies of vaccines arrive in Bulgaria. Municipalities are responsible for compiling the lists of people in these categories who want to be vaccinated, Angelov said, according to a Bulgarian government media statement. Bul...

Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry said on January 1 that the consolidated Budget deficit for the first 11 months of 2020 was 213.7 million leva, exceeding the ministry’s 183.2 million leva forecast issued in November. This was well below the 1.3 billion leva surplus recorded in the same period of 2019. For the full year 2020, the Finance Ministry projected the Budget balance to record a deficit of 3.6 billion leva, or three per cent of gross domestic product. The state Budget had a deficit of 255.8 million leva and the EU funds surplus was 42.1 million leva. Bulgaria’s contribution to the EU ...