Bulgarian households will spend up to 25% of their monthly income for gifts for Christmas and New Year, according to the 2018 Christmas Barometer survey of the Ferratum Group, conducted in 19-countries. It places Bulgaria at 4th place on planned expenses for the upcoming holidays. The Mexicans top the chart as they are going to spend almost half of their salary (48%) for presents, followed by the Brazilians (38%) and the Romanians (29%). The Dutch and the Germans will spend about 10% of their monthly income for the purpose. The most popular Christmas gift in 2018 will be clothing - 16%; toys (10%); sweets (9%) and family entertainment (8%).
On Friday morning, there will be fog in the lowlands and valleys. The cloud cover will start to increase from the west. The lowest temperatures will be between minus 2°C and 3°C, around minus 1°C in Sofia. During the day, there will be temporary..
Captain Lyubomir Chanev and chief mate Danail Veselinov returned to Bulgaria. They were held captive by Yemen's Houthis for 430 days. The Galaxy Leader ship with the two Bulgarians on board, was hijacked in the Red Sea on November 19, 2023, shortly..
Environmentalists protested in front of the Ministry of Environment and Water against plans to reduce the area of the Blue Stones Nature Park and the creation of settlements. According to the environmentalists, if construction in the park is not..
In a statement from the parliamentary rostrum, the leader of Vazrazhdane party, Kostadin Kostadinov, stated that his party would not allow "a national..
President Rumen Radev held a phone conversation with the EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue and other Western Balkan Regional..
Yemen's Houthi rebels from the Ansar Allah group have released the crew of the Galaxy Leader, which was hijacked in the Red Sea in late 2023, BNT..
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