Bulgaria is among the countries with highest inflation in the EU, a research conducted by Eurostat shows. Money devaluate at a rate of 11.8%, calculated in August, Bulgaria takes the third place, as higher levels are registered only in Lithuania and Latvia - respectively 12.2 and 15.6 percent.The average value for the 27 countries in the European Union for the same period is 4. още »

Bulgaria takes the 68th place in the world on economic freedom. This is according to data from the yearly report of the Canadian institute "Fraser" for 2008, distributed in Bulgaria by the Institute for market economy. The report puts Hong Kong in the first place, followed by Singapore and New Zealand. According to the survey Bulgaria climbs 6 places from last year's 74th position. още »

A shock increase of the price of electricity will be a fact after the elections next year. This was forecasted by the Chair of the Association of the producers of ecological energy Velizar Kiriyakov. According to him the increase will be somewhere around 10-15%. In Europe only Russia and Ukraine will sustain lower prices of electricity, but Bulgaria has no option to buy from them, Kiriyakov pointed out. още »

Italy is in the leading position of the black list of countries with highest percentage of tax misrepresentation, a survey of the association Contribuenti.it claims. The research was made together with Kris Network of Business Ethics.According to the survey the misrepresented taxes in Italy comprise 23% of the GDP of the country, ProntoSofia writes. още »

A negative tendency, resulting from the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, was carried over the Bulgarian stock exchange. The indexes opened the week with a serious decrease of their values. SOFIX lost 3% down to 931, 2 points.There was a collapse of the market index BG40 - by 3,36% down to 226,364 points.The rest of the indexes in the stock exchange are also decreasing - BGREIT now reached 82,84 points, decreasing by 1,53%. още »

The real estate company Raiffeisen Properties (100% owned by Raiffeisenbank Bulgaria) reports an increase of almost 10% over the price of the average property deal in the Bulgarian capital in the summer, the press center announces. According to the firm, the difficulties on the world markets have not had an effect on the mortgage credit in Bulgaria. още »

Today is the deadline for applications for aid to farm producers. The farmers with totally destroyed corn and sunflower fields in the last year are being compensated with aid of 10 levs per dacare for corn, wheat and sunflower.The resource for aiding farm producers was increased by 37 million levs with a decision by the State fund "Agriculture".The total sum of 24 million levs will be given for compensating losses. още »

The increase of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the second quarter of 2008 is 7.1% more compared to the same period in the previous year. This is preliminary data form the National statistics institute (NSI), distributed among journalists.GDP in the second quarter of 2008 amounts to 15.944 billion levs. The per capita GDP is 2081.56 levs. Calculated in Euro, the value of GDP amounts to 8. още »

On a yearly basis housing in Bulgaria increases by 32%. Because of this the investment in a Bulgarian home is more profitable than an investment in financial assets. This is the result of a report by Industry Watch named "The housing market in Bulgaria for the third quarter of 2008". The price gap between housing in Bulgaria and most of the European countries is decreasing. още »