243,000 foreign tourists visited Bulgaria in October 2016, the National Statistical Institute informs. Their number was 18.7% higher as compared to the same month last year. Moreover, the number of foreign nationals visiting that country in October hit a ten-year high. 20% of all tourists were Macedonian nationals. The number of German tourists saw 64% increase and the number of Israeli tourists increased with 24% year on year. Bulgaria’s outgoing Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova pointed out that a record-high number of 7.5 million foreign tourists visited Bulgaria between January and October this year. According to forecasts, the number of foreign guests visiting that country will reach 8 million by end 2016.
Some of the largest Bulgarian companies with over 1,000 employees have received invitations for meetings at the country’s police directorates. The summoned owners and CEOs have signed declarations that they will not promote corporate voting in the..
The minimum wage will be set at BGN 1,077 (EUR 545) from next year, caretaker Minister of Labor and Social Policy Ivaylo Ivanov told bTV. ''The Labour Code stipulates that the minimum wage is calculated as 50% of the average wage. The government is..
We are about to pass the last stage of certification of the Regional Special Operations Component Command Headquarters with Romania, Maj. Gen. Yavor Mateev, Commander of Bulgaria's Joint Special Operations Command told reporters...
Right before the two military pilots training for an air show crashed their plane in the critical seven seconds of the flight there was no communication..
A fire broke out in the Varna office of a party which was represented in the last National Assembly and which is contesting the forthcoming elections on 27..
Caretaker Minister of the Environment and Water, Petar Dimitrov, says he does not think there was a problem in the location of the air..
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