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.
Filling the large number of vacancies in the armed forces and improving their social status and motivation is the main objective of the Governance Programme for the period 2025-2029 in the "Defence" sector . Other expected outcomes of this programme..
A third supermarket boycott has been announced for today. This time the organisers are calling not only for a halt to shopping in large stores, but also to banking transactions - withdrawals, deposits, transfers and payments. Boycotting chain stores..
The association "Made in Bulgaria – Union of Small and Medium Enterprises" will hold its 31st Golden Martenitsa Award Ceremony this evening at 6:00 pm. President Rumen Radev is also expected to attend the event. The "Golden Martenitsa" award was..
The effects of the protests against supermarkets are being felt, Agriculture Minister Georgi Tahov said in Plovdiv, where he was attending a national..
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..
A serious restrictive and even repressive attitude among Bulgarian society on the current issues of school education and upbringing is shown by an..
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