Despite a certain decline, the proportion of the population at risk of poverty or social exclusion remains high in Bulgaria, and income inequalities are significant, reads a working document of the European Commission on the social convergence of EU Member States, quoted by BTA. In 2023, the share of Bulgarians at risk of poverty was 30%, compared to 32.2% in 2022, while 21.6% of the EU population was at risk of poverty or social exclusion.
In 2023, the income of the richest 20% of the Bulgarian population was 6.6 times higher than that of the poorest 20%, whereas in 2022 the richest 20% of the population earned 7.3 times more than the poorest 20%. In the EU, the richest 20% earned 4.7 times more than the poorest 20%.
On Friday, it will rain again in many places . Cloudy skies will develop in the afternoon and the precipitation will be accompanied by thunderstorms. They will be more significant in quantity in the central and northern regions. There will be a..
Bulgaria is proposing the establishment of a multinational maritime coordination center to ensure safe shipping in the western Black Sea . The country is also offering to host this center, Premier Rosen Zhelyazkov said in Paris where he is attending..
Employees of the military plant "Terem-Khan Krum" in Targovishte have once again protested, demanding to receive their salaries for January and February. They also want to find out what is the strategy for the development of the plant, as there is..
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..
Starting from 9 am today, traffic on the Danube Bridge at the border with Romania will be suspended. This is required due to technological..
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