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Bulgaria Ends April with BGN 213 M Budget Surplus [May 04, 2010] Bulgaria, which runs one of Europes tightest fiscal polices, has ended April 2010 with a preliminary budget surplus of BGN 213 M, the finance ministry said on Tuesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Finance Ministry: Stanishev Govt Shattered Bulgaria's Fiscal Reserve (Novinite.com) [Mar 09, 2010] Bulgaria?s former government spent an enormous amount of money from the country?s budget surplus and fiscal reserve at the end of 2008, according to the Finance Ministry. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Finance Ministry Reveals November Budget Surplus (Novinite.com) [Dec 31, 2009] The Bulgaria Ministry of Finance has revealed that the treasury realized a budget surplus of BGN 47,4 M in November. Data released by the Ministry revealed that by the end of November the total budget deficit had reached BGN 498,3 M. The fiscal reserve is also estimated to be BGN 8 B. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's New Cars Market Shrinks by 52% Year-on-Year (Novinite.com) [Dec 09, 2009] 52% fewer new cars were sold in Bulgaria in the first 11 months of 2009 compared to the same period of 2008.... Bulgaria will end November and December this year with a preliminary budget surplus of BGN 48 M each, the finance ministry said on Wednesday.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to End 2009 with 0,7% Budget Deficit (Novinite.com) [Dec 09, 2009] Bulgaria will end November and December this year with a preliminary budget surplus of BGN 48 M each, the finance ministry said on Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Ex Finance Minister: Bulgaria among EU's Three Least Indebted States (Novinite.com) [Apr 16, 2009] Bulgaria's former Finance Minister has pointed out Bulgaria's budget surplus as a positive anti-crisis policy measure. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Receives EC Budget Surplus Hand Out (Novinite.com) [Apr 16, 2009] The European Commission has announced that Bulgaria will receive EUR 5 M from the EU budget surplus for 2008. In total the EC announced late Wednesday that the twenty-seven members of the bloc will receive EUR 1.79 B from the EU 2008 budget surplus. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Receives EC Budget Surplus Hand Out (Novinite.com) [Apr 16, 2009] The EC will give Bulgaria EUR 5 M from the EU 2008 budget surplus. File Photo [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Budget Surplus Falls by 35% in February 2009 (Novinite.com) [Apr 01, 2009] Bulgaria's budget surplus decreased by 35% month-on-month in February 2009, reaching BGN 587 M. This was announced by the Bulgarian Finance Ministry, as cited by the Pari Daily. [via YahooNews] More >>

(AFX UK Focus) 2009-03-31 17:20 Bulgaria's budget surplus slides in February (Interactive Investor) [Mar 31, 2009] SOFIA, March 31 (Reuters) - Bulgaria budget surplus dropped 35 percent to 587.7 million levs ($400.6 million) at the end of February from a month earlier, raising concerns that it may miss end-year surplus target, data showed on Tuesday. Total fiscal spending in the first two months of the year rose 12 percent to 3.68 billion levs from the same period a year ago, indicating that Socialist-led ... [via YahooNews] More >>

(AFX UK Focus) 2009-03-04 15:00 Bulgaria ends January with budget surplus (Interactive Investor) [Mar 04, 2009] SOFIA, March 4 (Reuters) - Bulgaria posted a budget surplus of 907.3 million levs ($581.6 million) at the end of January, in line with its annual surplus target of three percent of GDP, finance ministry data showed on Wednesday. Total revenue in the first month of the year stood at 2.62 billion levs, up from 2.08 billion in the same period a year ago, while spending was 1.64 billion levs, up ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria announces 3 percent budget surplus (AP via Yahoo! Finance) [Jan 30, 2009] Bulgaria has met its 2008 target for a 3 percent budget surplus, the finance minister said Friday. The country, which joined the EU in 2007, had a fiscal reserve of 8.4 billion levas at the end of 2008. [via YahooNews] More >>

UPDATE 1-Bulgaria ends 2008 with 3.0 pct/GDP budget surplus (The Forex Market) [Jan 30, 2009] SOFIA, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Bulgaria ended 2008 with a preliminary budget surplus of 2.001 billion levs ($1.34 billion), or 3.0 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in line with initial plans, the finance ministry said on Friday. [via YahooNews] More >>

(AFX UK Focus) 2009-01-30 09:40 UPDATE 1-Bulgaria ends 2008 with 3.0 pct/GDP budget surplus (Interactive Investor) [Jan 30, 2009] SOFIA, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Bulgaria ended 2008 with a preliminary budget surplus of 2.001 billion levs ($1.34 billion), or 3.0 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in line with initial plans, the finance ministry said on Friday. The European Union member state plans to produce the same fiscal windfall this year but the government has said it may cut it to 2.0 percent of GDP to boost public ... [via YahooNews] More >>

(AFX UK Focus) 2009-01-01 09:50 Bulgaria Jan-Nov '08 budget surplus at 7.1 pct/GDP (Interactive Investor) [Jan 01, 2009] SOFIA, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's budget surplus was 4.598 billion levs at end-November, or 7.1 percent of estimated annual GDP in 2008, the finance ministry said on Thursday, showing Sofia was on track to meet its fiscal goals. That compares with a surplus of 3.959 billion levs in the same period in 2007 and the government's goal of ending the year with a surplus of 3.5 percent of GDP to ... [via YahooNews] More >>

(AFX UK Focus) 2009-01-01 09:50 Bulgaria Jan-Nov '08 budget surplus at 7.1 pct/GDP (Interactive Investor) [Jan 01, 2009] SOFIA, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's budget surplus was 4.598 billion levs at end-November, or 7.1 percent of estimated annual GDP in 2008, the finance ministry said on Thursday, showing Sofia was on track to meet its fiscal goals. That compares with a surplus of 3.959 billion levs in the same period in 2007 and the government's goal of ending the year with a surplus of 3.5 percent of GDP to ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Jan-Nov '08 budget surplus at 7.1 pct/GDP (The Forex Market) [Jan 01, 2009] SOFIA, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's budget surplus was 4.598 billion levs at end-November, or 7.1 percent of estimated annual GDP in 2008, the finance ministry said on Thursday, showing Sofia was on track to meet its fiscal goals. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Adopts Surplus 2009 Budget, Slashes Spending (Nasdaq) [Dec 18, 2008] SOFIA, Bulgaria (AFP)--The Bulgarian parliament adopted the final 2009 budget on Wednesday in which the government is forecasting a budget surplus equivalent to 3.0% of GDP next year. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Adopts Surplus 2009 Budget, Slashes Spending (Nasdaq) [Dec 18, 2008] SOFIA, Bulgaria (AFP)--The Bulgarian parliament adopted the final 2009 budget on Wednesday in which the government is forecasting a budget surplus equivalent to 3.0% of GDP next year. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Adopts Surplus 2009 Budget, Slashes Spending (Nasdaq) [Dec 18, 2008] SOFIA, Bulgaria (AFP)--The Bulgarian parliament adopted the final 2009 budget on Wednesday in which the government is forecasting a budget surplus equivalent to 3.0% of GDP next year. [via YahooNews] More >>