World economic growth will accelerate from 2.4% in 2013 to 3.2 percent in 2014, according to a World Bank report. GDP growth in Bulgaria in 2013 is estimated at only 0.6 percent, while that for 2014 is expected to be at 1.7%, with 1.8% set in the state budget. According to the bank, Bulgarian’s economic growth will increase by 1.8 percent in 2015 and will reach 2 percent no earlier than 2016. Until recently, the WB estimates envisaged a 1.2% growth in 2013, 2.1% in 2014, and in 2015 - 3%.
The number of crimes committed in the conditions of domestic violence has gone up by 54% since the beginning of the year compared to last year, the Ministry of Interior announced on International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. A..
As of next year, use of solid fuels for domestic heating in buildings which are part of central heating and gas supply networks will be banned in nine Sofia regions, Deputy Mayor of Sofia Nadezhda Bobcheva announced at the opening of a round table..
“ There will only be negotiations among party leaders if they are for the formation of a ruling majority and a regular government,” GERB party declared at a briefing after a meeting of GERB’s executive commission, in regard to a possible meeting..
According to unofficial information, the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU has drafted a decision for the full admission of Bulgaria and..
The first marble statue discovered in the ancient city of Heraclea Sintica on 3 July, is probably of Lucius – grandson of Roman Emperor Octavian..
The Constitutional Court has admitted all five requests for the partial or complete annulment of the elections for the 51st National Assembly, submitted..
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