Despite the government’s emergency measures for financial support in a number of sectors, the economic and social consequences of the coronavirus crisis are already visible at employment offices, judging by the fact that queues have formed in front of them.
Iztok employment office in Sofia, which is in charge of 250,000 people who are actively involved in the work process, has registered a 50% increase in the number of unemployment declarations submitted over the past few days. According to Employment Agency data 12,660 people have been registered during the week, 10,000 of whom point to COVID-19 as the reason why they were laid off.
According to Eurostat data, in February the unemployment rate in Bulgaria stood at 4.1% for the second month running. Such an unemployment rate placed the country in 9th position among the EU member countries with the lowest unemployment levels.
In response to media reports that a company registered in Bulgaria supplied pagers to the Lebanese organization Hezbollah, which were subsequently detonated in Lebanon and Syria, the State Agency for National Security (SANS) announced that no customs..
Vice President Iliana Yotova met with participants of the Third International Traveling Conference "Picturesque Bulgaria: Interdisciplinary Dialogues at Home". The project, held under the auspices of Vice President Iliana Iotova, includes research by..
Bulgarians in North Macedonia need Bulgaria's support, said representatives of the Bulgarian community in Prilep, Struga, Bitola and Kavadarc i. ''Since 2021, when anti-Bulgarian rhetoric has reached indecent levels in North Macedonia, it..
MEP Elena Yoncheva is in the city of Sanaa, Yemen, aiming to reach the port city of Hodeidah on the Red Sea. There lies the hijacked ship Galaxy Leader,..
Gorna Oryahovitsa will host a review of amateur creativity and a Festival of military brass bands of the Ground Forces. From September..
Bulgarian Minister of Defense Atanas Zapryanov takes part in the B9 Defence Ministers Meeting, chaired by Romania and Poland. The forum..
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