Between January and February 2018 Bulgaria’s export to the European Union increased with 16.5% as compared to the same period last year to EUR 2,955 million, the National Statistical Institute announced. The export to Germany, Italy, Romania, Greece, France and Belgium formed 68.3% of Bulgaria’s total export to the EU. Meanwhile, imports from the EU in the same period increased with 12.3% to EUR 3,142 million. Germany, Italy, Romania, Spain and Greece were the biggest EU exporters to Bulgaria. Bulgaria’s trade balance in January-February 2018 was negative at EUR 187 million.
The Bulgarian government and the German defence group Rheinmetall have signed an agreement in Sofia to build a gunpowder and 155 mm artillery shell factory at the state-owned Vazov Machine Building Works (VMZ) in Sopot. The deal was signed by..
The Embassy of Bulgaria in Washington hosted a reception for the Board of Executive Directors of the oldest Jewish organization "B'nai B'rith" . This was announced by the diplomatic mission on Facebook . The organization’s CEO..
Applications for recognition of higher education obtained abroad have doubled. This was announced by Vanya Grashkina-Mincheva, executive director of the National Center for Information and Documentation before a meeting of the parliamentary education..
An earthquake with a 6.1 magnitude on the Richter scale hit Western Turkey at 22.48 hours last night. There were over 40 aftershocks after the..
Bulgaria’s draft social security budget indicates that the minimum wage from 1 January 2026 will be lower than the level set out in the Labour Code ,..
On Tuesday , the lowest temperatures will be between 3 and 8°C; in Sofia – about 4°C. During the day before noon cloudiness will be..
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