Budget news

North Macedonia's finance ministry said on Wednesday it has transferred an additional 148.6 million denars ($2.7 million/2.4 million euro) to the state-owned Development Bank to back investment projects by domestic companies.

Slovenia's consolidated budget was in deficit of 1.199 billion euro ($1.4 billion) in the first half of this year, the finance ministry said on Tuesday.

Montenegro's budget revenues from games of chance increased by an 36% on the year to 24.6 million euro ($28.1 million) in the first half of 2026 after collections in June alone jumped by an annual 46%, the government said.

Serbia's consolidated budget was in deficit of 106.5 billion dinars ($1 billion/ 908 million euro) in the first five months of 2026, widening from a deficit of 57.6 billion dinars recorded in the same period last year, the finance ministry said on Monday.

Bulgaria's consolidated budget was in deficit of 2.4 billion euro ($2.7 billion) at the end of June, equivalent to 1.9% of the projected 2026 gross domestic product (GDP), the finance ministry said, citing preliminary data.