In December 2019, Bulgaria’s annual inflation accelerated to 3.8% from 3% registered in the previous month. In the last month of 2019 this country’s inflation hit the highest rate since January 2013. Prices of pork increased with 7.9% as compared to November. Prices of vegetables saw 8% increase, prices of tourism trips in Bulgaria increased with 15.7% and prices of international flights rose 28.9%.
The Bulgarian National Bank expects that the inflation rate will slow down slightly in the first quarter of 2020. According to projections of Unicredit bank, Bulgaria’s inflation in 2020 will reach 2.7%.
20,400 people lost their lives in road accidents in the EU in 2023 , a 1% reduction compared to 2022, the European Commission has reported. Sweden and Denmark hold the lead for the safest roads, with 22 and 26 deaths per million inhabitants..
Interior Minister Atanas Ilkov has assessed as serious the support Bulgaria is receiving for full Schengen membership. However, he did not commit himself to a timeframe on whether this country will be accepted into Schengen by land by the end of the..
On Friday, the lowest temperatures will range between 12°C and 17°C, for Sofia 12°C. There will be significant cloudiness during the day. Rain is expected in Western Bulgaria in the afternoon hours, spreading to the rest of the country overnight into..
On 9 October, caretaker PM Dimitar Glavchev is taking part in the summit Ukraine-Southeastern Europe taking place in Croatia. Support for Ukraine..
North Macedonia’s Minister of Local Self-Government Zlatko Perinski launched the project for the construction of a new border check point between..
Ultra-marathon runner Pirin Galov and Pavlin Raichev start their run along the 580-kilometer Kom-Emine route in the Balkan Mountain..
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