The average annual income per capita in Bulgaria in 2015 amounted to BGN 4,953 (EUR 2,532) and saw a 2.9% increase as compared to the previous year, the National Statistical Institute informs. Statistics also show that the total average annual income per household member increased two-fold over the past twelve years. The average income from wages and salaries per person was at BGN 2,726 (EUR 1,393) in 2015. The relative share of income from wages and salaries in the total income was at 55% and saw a 0.8% increase as compared to 2014. The social transfers (pensions, family allowances, social benefits, unemployment benefits and scholarships) were at BGN 1,455 per capita in 2015 (EUR 743) with pensions dominating among other social transfers.
In the first four months of the year, export of goods from Bulgaria to the European Union decreased by 4.2% compared to the same period last year and amounted to 8.6 million euros, BGNES reports, quoting data from the National..
An operation by the General Directorate Combating Organized Crime and the Supreme Cassation Prosecutor's Office has uncovered the largest illegal cigarette factory to date, Radio Stara Zagora of the Bulgarian National Radio has..
Albania is extremely committed to security and peace in the region, said the Speaker of the Albanian Parliament, Elisa Spiropali, who is on an official visit to Sofia. After a meeting with her Bulgarian counterpart Natalia Kiselova,..
Sofia will now have night public transport connecting the centre with Vasil Levski Airport , according to the press centre of the Sofia Municipality...
A global leader in the production of robotic and minimally invasive surgical equipment has officially opened a new manufacturing facility in Parvomay ,..
“Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski’s narrative will be left to those familiar with Aesop’s fables,” Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov commented..
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