Bulgaria

Bulgaria's international currency reserves excluding gold increased to EUR11.0bn in December, from EUR10.8bn in November. In month-on-month terms this means foreign currency reserves... 2012-01-31

Bulgaria's retail sales index continues to slump, contracting by 5.2% y-o-y in October - the third consecutive year-on-year contraction. This tallies with our recent downwards revision... 2011-12-30

Romania's President Traian Basescu reiterated that the country's major target remains the adoption of the euro in a recent statement made at the Gala of the National Association of... 2011-12-20

We have revised Bulgaria's 2012 fiscal deficit forecast to 2.1% of GDP, from 1.9% previously. We expect the deficit to narrow from our 2011 budget deficit forecast of 2.3% as the government... 2011-12-20

The Bulgarian government is continuing in its efforts to accede to the Schengen visa-free travel zone following Finland and the Netherlands' vetoes on Romania and Bulgaria's proposals... 2011-11-18

A flash real GDP estimate for the third quarter shows that Bulgaria's economy stagnated in real terms, with annualised real GDP rising by a paltry 1.3% y-o-y down from 2.0% y-o-y in... 2011-11-18

US ambassador to Bulgaria James Warlick has stated his assuredness that Bulgaria will join the Schengen visa-free travel zone eventually, but the timing of entry is unclear. The ambassador... 2011-09-21