Over the first four months of the year Bulgaria’s export of goods amounted to EUR 9.2 billion. According to the National Statistical Institute this is a 4.8% drop compared to the same period of 2019. Imports amount to EUR 9.9 billion or a decline of 8.5%. In April alone – the first full coronavirus crisis month – exports dropped by 19.5% or EUR 1.94 billion, and imports – by 30.8% or again EUR 1.94 billion. The foreign trade balance is negative for the period January-April, 2020, and amounts to EUR 685 million. Outside the EU, Bulgaria’s principal trade partners are Turkey, China, Great Britain, USA, Serbia, Russia and North Macedonia which form 52.8% of the exports to third countries.
The Bulgarian MPs gathered in plenary today for a sixth attempt to elect a President, which again proved unsuccessful. The chances of electing a Speaker of the 51st National Assembly are minimal The candidates Natalia Kiselova from..
Bulgaria's Ambassador to Egypt Deyan Katrachev met with Egypt's newly appointed Minister of Civil Aviation Sameh al-Hefny . At the meeting, which took place on 26 November, both discussed the updating of the air transport agreements between the two..
Representatives of the Food Safety Agency have arrived in Velingrad to take new samples from the 1,700 sheep quarantined because of a suspected plague outbreak. BNR correspondent in Pazardzhik Nevena Petrova reported that the Food Agency..
The U.S. Department of State today released the data for the refused type B visas for the financial year 2024. For Bulgaria, this percentage is 6.02%,..
At the opening of a business forum in Ho Chi Minh City during his official visit to Vietnam, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev pointed out that Bulgaria..
Shopping malls in Sofia and across the country will increase the number of security guards where needed. Additional panic buttons are also to be put in..
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