The high-speed railway line between the towns of Svilengrad and Parvomay (West Bulgaria) has been unveiled at an official ceremony on Thursday. The fulfillment of this project is a big step towards Bulgaria’s purpose to launch a high-speed railway line between its border with Serbia, Turkey and Greece through Sofia, Plovdiv and Burgas until 2022. According to the project, the passenger trains will be able to travel at a speed of up to 200 kilometers per hour at that railway line and freight trains will travel at a speed of up to 120 kilometers per hour.
A serious restrictive and even repressive attitude among Bulgarian society on the current issues of school education and upbringing is shown by an independent poll by the sociological agency "Myara". It was conducted between January 29 and 31, 2025..
In 2022, 14.7% of workers in the EU were low-wage earners . By definition, low-wage earners are those who earn two-thirds or less of the average gross hourly wage in the country. Bulgaria had the highest share of low-wage earners (26.84%). This..
The European Commission hopes to have a positive decision this year on at least part of the second payment under the Recovery and Resilience Plan in the amount of 653 million euros for Bulgaria . This was stated by the Commission spokesman Maciej..
Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev today received at the Foreign Ministry Susan Falatko, who arrived in Sofia a few days ago as Charge d'Affaires of the U.S...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has advised Bulgarian citizens to avoid traveling to Greece because of a planned national strike today. The Foreign Ministry..
The number of pensioners in January this year increased by 15,630 people, or 0.8%, compared to the first month of the previous year, the National Social..
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