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.
At today’s meeting, the Council of Ministers approved the opening of a consulate of Namibia in Bulgaria, headed by an honorary consular official based in Sofia. Bulgarian Mihail Mihaylov will take on the role of honorary consular official. He served..
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, where Captain Lyubomir Chanev and Chief Mate Danail Veselinov are being held by the Houthi rebels...
The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) insists that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs summons the Ambassador of the Republic of North Macedonia to explain comments made by North Macedonia’s Deputy Premier Aleksandar Nikoloski. In a TV interview he called..
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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