Over the space of one year the population of Bulgaria has declined by 52,000, or one town the size of Vratsa (with a population of 53,000), latest Eurostat demographics indicate on World Population Day.
On 1 January, 2016 the population of Bulgaria stood at 7.153 million, by 1 January this year this figure had dwindled to 7.101 million, data indicate. According to National Statistical Institute estimates, the population in this country in 2020 will, for the first time, have dropped below 7 million, a tendency that will continue through the years and by 2045, Bulgaria’s population will be below 6 million.
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“It’s time to lift internal border controls now,” European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson believes. In an interview with RFE/RL she..
The Constitutional Court has opened a case following the request by President Rumen Radev for the amendments to the Constitution, endorsed by the 49 th..
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