In 2017 Bulgaria remained the country with the lowest wages in the EU, data of Eurostat shows. The average wage per hour in the European Union amounted to EUR 23, while in Bulgaria the hourly pay was four times lower- just over EUR 5 per hour. In Bulgaria’s northern neighbor Romania the hourly wages amounted to EUR 5.50. Wages in Bulgaria remain lowest in the whole EU, although a record-high increase of 122% was registered in the past 10 years. In 2007 the hourly pay in this country was at EUR 2.30.
Physicist Acad. Ivan Todorov passed away at the age of 91, the press center of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences announced. Acad. Todorov was a scientist with outstanding achievements and world recognition in the field of modern..
Sofia Airport operates normally in winter conditions, BTA has reported. The runways for take off and landing have been cleaned. The aircraft are being treated against icing. Passengers are advised to arrive at the terminals at..
Speaking to the Bulgarian National Radio, the ambassadors of Germany and France to Bulgaria Irene Plank and Joël Meyer commented on the current situation in Europe and the upcoming negotiations on Ukraine. "This is an informal..
Kristiyan Vladov and Stefan Kyurkchiev of the Plovdiv Museum of Natural History are working on a project to bring live fish from the southern Arctic..
The one-year anniversary of the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was marked with a memorial service in Sofia's St Nedelya Cathedral. It..
Bulgarian Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova will travel to Brussels to provide an update on Bulgaria’s progress towards euro area accession. The..
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