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More »Industrial growth improves significantly in October 2018
Regarding industrial production - Industrial production recorded a slight growth of 1.55% year-on-year in October after declining in September. The improvement was the result of more positive indicators in all three major sectors (manufacturing, mining and energy). However, the most influential improvement was in manufacturing, where …
More »Infographic: Industrial production falls in September 2018
In terms of industrial production, NSI data show that the sector recorded its most serious decline since February. This is mainly due to a serious slowdown in the growth of production in the manufacturing industry to 0.78% from 4.26% in August and, to a lesser extent, to the more severe decline in the production and distribution of …
More »Infographic: Industrial sector slows in August 2018
Dear readers, from EKIP we are officially restarting our column "Monthly Macroeconomic Monitor"! The new format of the column will be a series of infographics that will be published each month after the publication of the relevant data from the NSI. Each infographic will focus on a different sector or a key indicator for the Bulgarian economy. The first months …
More »Illegal local referendums and their consequences
Part 3 of a series about local referendums against investment projects in Bulgaria – their causes and consequences. You can read Part 1 and Part 2. The question is in the … question The question of the referendum in Tran “Are you against the municipality of Tran, through the Municipal Council, approving development plans, determining territories for …
More »The tricks surrounding the referendums and the strategy against the mine in Tran
Part 2 of a series on local referendums against investment projects in Bulgaria – their causes and consequences. You can read Part 1 here. Taking into account the results of a local referendum and the ways in which they were achieved allows the parties to interpret them in the direction they want and according to …
More »How did the referendums against investments in Tran and Stara Zagora come about?
Part 1 of a series on local referendums against investment projects in Bulgaria - their causes and consequences: Autumn has come and the topic of local referendums will become relevant again. This is not a forecast, but simply the logic of the social processes in our country over the past 2 years. And this is an occasion to look …
More »Demographics explain the results of the referendum in Tran
From EKIP we republish from Facebook the comment of Teodor Dimokenchev regarding the local referendums recently held in Tran and Uglen: Once again, a local referendum is being held in a Bulgarian settlement (Uglen) to approve a serious infrastructure project. Once again, investments have been stopped by the local population. I am personally …
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