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%).
Fifty-seven per cent of Bulgarians are in favour of including religious education in the compulsory school curriculum , according to a survey by Trend. 26% are against the idea. Support is lower than average among the youngest and higher among the..
The MECH party has its own parliamentary group again. It was restored after MPs adopted the draft resolution of ITN with 170 votes “for”, 1 “against”, and two abstained. Earlier today, two new MECH MPs took the oath in the..
The Ministry of Education and Science is preparing legislative changes to ban the use of mobile phones in schools, Minister Krasimir Valchev said. The texts will be presented to MPs in May or June. “Currently we have a ban..
Thursday will be mostly cloudy with rain and east-northeasterly winds , increasing in the Danube plain and the Upper Thracian lowlands. Minimum..
On the initiative of Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger is visiting Bulgaria to look for cooperation projects with the..
Bulgaria's National Assembly ratified the contract for the acquisition of Javelin anti-tank guided missiles. The contract is intended to provide the..
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