General Government

Slovenia’s general government deficit in the third quarter of the year shrank to €60 million or 0.4% of GDP, the lowest since the start of the Covid pandemic in the first quarter of 2020.

The latest bulletin of the General Government reveals that the debt “monster” remained untamed

Ljubljana – Slovenia’s consolidated general government deficit, including those of the state budget, the health and pension funds and local government budgets, amounted to EUR 2.92 billion or 5.8% of GDP last year, roughly 1.8 percentage points less than a year before, according to the Finance Ministry. The decline in deficit was due to the growth in revenue outpacing the rise in expenditure.

The technical data sheets have been approved and the first 12 projects of the "Greece 2.0" Plan with a total budget of 1.42 billion euros are starting. The approval was given by the Deputy Minister of Finance, Theodoros Skylakakis, who is responsible for the Recovery Fund, following a relevant suggestion of the Special Coordination Service of the Fund.

Bulgaria's gross external debt at the end of November 2020 was EUR 37.474 billion which is EUR 2.296 billion more as compared with end-2019. Debt increased by EUR 2.27 billion for the year, according to data of the Bulgarian National Bank.

According to preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute the General Government Institutional Sector reported in 2019 a surplus of 2 470 million BGN or 2.1% of GDP. The surplus in Central Government sub-sector amounted 2 349 million BGN or 2.0% of GDP.

According to final data from the National Statistical Institute, in 2018 the institutional sector "General Government" reports a budget surplus of BGN 1 921 million, or 1.8% of GDP. This was reported by the National Statistical Institute (NSI).

According to preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute, Bulgaria's debt for 2018 amounts to BGN 24.430 billion, or 22.6% of GDP.

According to preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute in 2017, the institutional sector "General government" reports a budget surplus of BGN 920 million or 0.9% GDP, NSI reported.

According to the final data of the National Statistical Institute the General Government Institutional Sector reported in 2016 a deficit of 36 million BGN or 0.04% of GDP. The deficit in Central Government amounted to 130 million BGN or 0.14% of GDP. The Local Government subsector reported a surplus of 73 million BGN and the sub-sector Social Security Funds 21 million BGN.