Commenting on the latest Eurostat report on the levels of indebtedness within the EU, according to which from 29 percent, Bulgaria has brought its external debt down to 25.4 percent of the GDP, PM Boyko Borissov stated that on this indicator,..
According to Eurostat data, as quoted by the European Commission, in 2016 EU Member States most often gave citizenship to foreigners coming for Morocco, Albania and India. Unlike this general trend, during the same year Bulgaria most often granted..
In February 2018 the unemployment rate in the European Union fell to a new ten-year low (7.1%), data of Eurostat show. Unemployment in the Eurozone fell to 8.5%, which is the lowest level since 2008. In Bulgaria the unemployment rate dwindled to a nine..
In 2017 Bulgaria remained the country with the lowest wages in the EU, data of Eurostat shows. The average wage per hour in the European Union amounted to EUR 23, while in Bulgaria the hourly pay was four times lower- just over EUR 5 per hour. In..
There are an estimated 6 million Bulgarians and over, including children from mixed marriages, living outside Bulgaria, said in an interview for Trud newspaper Petar Haralampiev, chair of the State Agency for Bulgarians Abroad. There are..
According to a Eurostat analysis on the share of environmental taxes in total government revenues from taxes and social contributions for 2016, Bulgaria is among the five EU countries which pay the highest environmental taxes. In Bulgaria,..
Bulgaria ranks second in the European Union in terms of export of cross-country and downhill skis to other EU member states, data of Eurostat show. Bulgaria has exported nearly 133,000 cross-country skis to the EU. Austria tops the ranking with almost..
51 percent of entrepreneurs in Bulgaria have websites, but only 9 percent of them use them for e-commerce, Eurostat data indicate. 95 percent of web sales were to customers inside the country, 35 percent traded with customers within the EU and..
For the first nine months of 2017, export of goods from Bulgaria rose by 14 percent compared to the same period last year and reached some 19.6 billion euros, Deputy Minister of Economy Lachezar Borisov said, referring to Eurostat data...
Bulgaria is among the top 5 countries in the EU in economic growth, the Bulgarian Ministry of Economy announced, citing Eurostat data. This country is in the top 3 countries in low debt, with only Estonia and Luxembourg ahead of Bulgaria. A..
