243,000 foreign tourists visited Bulgaria in October 2016, the National Statistical Institute informs. Their number was 18.7% higher as compared to the same month last year. Moreover, the number of foreign nationals visiting that country in October hit a ten-year high. 20% of all tourists were Macedonian nationals. The number of German tourists saw 64% increase and the number of Israeli tourists increased with 24% year on year. Bulgaria’s outgoing Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova pointed out that a record-high number of 7.5 million foreign tourists visited Bulgaria between January and October this year. According to forecasts, the number of foreign guests visiting that country will reach 8 million by end 2016.
Acting Prosecutor General Borislav Sarafov submitted a proposal to the National Assembly to strip the immunity from four MPs from "Vazrazhdane" due to acts of vandalism during the protest in front of the European Commission building in Sofia. These..
At the initiative of the European Union of Patient Organizations for the Fight against Rare Diseases, on the last day of February, we focus on people living with a rare disease. Awareness campaigns are organized to raise public awareness of this issue...
Friday will be mostly cloudy. Fog will cover the lowlands before midday. It will rain in some places, especially in southern Bulgaria. Minimum temperatures will be between 0 and 5°C, 2°C in Sofia, and maximum between 6 and 11°C, up to 17°C in the..
The effects of the protests against supermarkets are being felt, Agriculture Minister Georgi Tahov said in Plovdiv, where he was attending a national..
Hristo Stoichkov has been appointed the Sports Tourism Ambassador for the World Tourism Organization (UN Tourism). This became clear at an official..
In 2022, 14.7% of workers in the EU were low-wage earners . By definition, low-wage earners are those who earn two-thirds or less of the average gross..
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