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The average monthly salary in Bulgaria - near EUR 415 for December 2013

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:31:00 GMT

The average monthly salary in Bulgaria rose by 4.4% month-on-month to BGN 812 in December. In the fourth quarter of 2012 the average monthly salary totalled BGN 789, up by 8.5% compared to a year earlier. In the October-December period, the average sala...

Bulgarians spend 40% of their money on food, alcohol and cigarettes

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:17:00 GMT

Bulgarians spend 40% of their money on food, alcohol and cigarettes, according to data of Eurostat and the National Statistical Institute for the third quarter of 2012. Every second Bulgarian does not know what to spend their money on. The average Bulgar...

The salaries and the pensions in Bulgaria crawling up in 2013

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 11:00:00 GMT

The salaries and the pensions in Bulgaria may start crawling up in 2013. The employed in the sectors of public healthcare, education, culture, social security might see their salaries going up a bit this year, as it is provided in the state budget for 201...

Unemployment in Bulgaria is 11% for October 2012

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:25:00 GMT

Unemployment in Bulgaria has reached 11% in October 2012, according to data of the Employment Agency, which is 0.4% higher than September. Most of those who lost their jobs were seasonal workers in the sectors of tourism, transport, trade and farming. 6 00...

The unemployment rate in Bulgaria increased by 1.3 % in Q3 of 2012

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 10:57:00 GMT

In the third quarter (Q3) of 2012, the unemployment rate in Bulgaria increased by 1.3 percentage points as compared to the same period of 2011. In the period July - September 2012, there were a total of 392.9 thousand unemployed and the unemployment rate...

The unemployment rate in Bulgaria - September 2012

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 12:47:00 GMT

The unemployment rate in September was 10.6%, down by 0.1% month on month, which keeps track of the number of unemployed registered at Labor Offices. Тhe unemployment rate in Bulgaria in August 2012 was 12.5%. A total of 349 409 people declared they were...

Unemployment in Bulgaria reached 12.3%

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 15:20:00 GMT

The share of unemployed people in our country has reached 12.3% of working-age Bulgarians. Discouraged people aged 15 to 64 are nearly 237,000, or 14.4% of the jobless people in this age group, exceeding 1,645,000. According to data of the National Statis...

Bulgaria's unemployment rate in July 2012

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 11:03:00 GMT

Bulgaria`s unemployment rate stood at 10.8% in July, exactly the same as in the previous month. Compared to the same period last year though, when unemployment was 9.47%, the figure represents a substantial increase. A little over 18,000 people found a j...

More than 370 Bulgarians have income of over BGN 100,000 for 2011

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:32:00 GMT

More than 370 Bulgarian taxpayers declared an income of over BGN 100,000 for the last year based on the income tax returns filed so far, announced the NRA (National Revenue Agency). For comparison, throughout the entire 2011 overall 708 people indicated ea...

Bulgaria unemployment rate in December 2011 was 11.2%

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:19:00 GMT

Bulgaria`s unemployment rate in December 2011 was 11.2%, according to Eurostat`s latest data. According to the Bulgarian Employment Agency (which measures unemployment rates by calculating the number of people registered with Labor Bureaus), the December u...

Population growth rate of Bulgaria for last 20 years

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:42:00 GMT

Over the past 20 years, the number of Bulgarian women of childbearing age has been decreasing progressively, announced yesterday the National Statistical Institute (NSI). After reaching the number of 2.068 million in 1990, the women of fertile age decreas...

The money sent by Bulgarian emigrants back home to their families has registered a serious drop

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 02:08:00 GMT

The money sent by Bulgarian emigrants back home to their families and relatives has registered a serious drop. In August 2011, the money sent to Bulgaria from abroad total 58,2 million euro, shows the data of the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB). The stat...

The unemployment level in Bulgaria is down in Sep 2011

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:56:00 GMT

The unemployment level in Bulgaria is down in the month of September and stood at 9.4%, according to data of the Employment Agency. 309 971 jobless people were registered by end of September with the Labor Bureaus. 18 000 have found jobs during the s...

Bulgarian employers are among the most optimistic in Europe

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:42:00 GMT

Bulgarians, who are seeking a job, may expect good offers this autumn. Every fifth employer in Bulgaria is planning to hire workers in the next three months. Less than 10% of them have stated they will dismiss staff, shows the research made by Manpower on ...

940 BGN is the total average household income in Bulgaria for Q2 of 2011

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:13:00 GMT

Total household income in Bulgaria in the second quarter of 2011 averaged 940 BGN per household member, up by 3.8 per cent from the second quarter of 2010, the National Statistical Institute reported on Wednesday. Some 82.5 per cent of that amount was ge...

225 men, 62 women and 46 children are homeless in Bulgaria

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:02:00 GMT

According to the census of February this year, the homeless in Bulgaria number a total of 368. For the first time this category of people has been included in the general population registration. Interviewers were instructed to stop in the streets the ...

26 600 fewer unemployed in July 2011 compared with the previous month

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:41:00 GMT

Bulgaria`s unemployment rate has seen a negligible drop in July 2011, latest data of the State Employment Agency shows. A total of 315 375 persons were officially registered as unemployed in Bulgaria at the end of July, which is 2 962 fewer compared with...

The average salary in Bulgaria will increase in 2012

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:35:00 GMT

The average salary in Bulgaria will increase by BGN 45 (reaching BGN 745) in 2012, according to an analysis by UniCredit . The inflation in the country will continue growing and will be an issue till the end of 2011 and will reach its peak in June and J...

Bulgaria jobless rate declined to 9.29 % in April

Wed, 18 May 2011 10:45:00 GMT

Bulgaria`s jobless rate declined to 9.29 per cent in April from 9.52 per cent in March, National Employment Agency (NEA) data showed. The number of registered unemployed stood at 344 098 in the period, down by 8000 compared with the previous month. Officia...

Two-thirds of the Bulgarian population live in cities

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 11:15:00 GMT

Some 72.9% of the population live in cities but growth has been observed only in five regional centres. These are the cities of Sofia , Varna , Burgas , Veliko Tarnovo and Blagoevgrad . In 10 years, the population of the capital has increased by ne...

Bulgaria population decreased to 7,351,234 people

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 11:08:00 GMT

Bulgaria`s population has decreased by nearly 600,000 since 2001 to 7,351,234 people, according to a flash estimate of the population census data, the national statistics office said on Tuesday. The census was conducted February 1-28. A total of 72.9% ...

Batak: Bulgarian Church canonised the martyrs from Batak and Novo Selo

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 10:50:00 GMT

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church canonised yesterday the martyrs from Batak and Novo Selo, massacred by the bashi-bazouk troops led by Ahmed Agha after the failed April Uprising of 1876 against the Turkish oppressors. The people slaughtered in Batak wi...

Bulgarian consumers are the poorest of all the EU citizens

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:46:00 GMT

A total of 55.5% of the population in Bulgaria has very weak consumer capacity and Bulgarian consumers are the poorest of all the EU citizens, shows a study by the Consumer Scoreboard of the European Commission, published in March and presented yesterday...

Protest in Sofia against high fuel prices

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:01:00 GMT

...Over 5,000 drivers from all over the country blocked petrol stations, main roads and even the Hemus highway as a sign of protest against the raising prices of fuels in the poorest EU member state. The automobilists were blowing their horns every now a...

Unemployment in Bulgaria - 9.78% for February 2011

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:49:00 GMT

Bulgaria`s jobless rate stood at 9.78% in February, unchanged from the previous month, Labour Minister Totyu Mladenov said on Saturday as quoted by BTA. The highest level of recruitment was registered in the trade sector, while the largest number of job...