One year after signing the trade agreement between Canada and the EU - CETA, Bulgarian exports to Canada increased by 15%. This was made clear at a regional round table in Plovdiv with the participation of the Ambassador of Canada to Bulgaria Kevin Hamilton and representatives of the business.
Bulgarian companies export to Canada mainly machines, electrical equipment, chemical and pharmaceutical products, as well as agricultural goods. Canada is the 11th largest partner of Bulgaria outside the EU. In 2017 direct Canadian investments in Bulgaria reached 28 million euros, mainly in the fields of information and communication technologies, automotive industry, pharmacy and mining.
Birth rate in Bulgaria has decreased by 33% over the past three decades. In 1994, 79,442 live births were registered in the country, while in 2024 the number dropped to 53,428. 6.5% of Bulgarian children are now born through in vitro fertilization..
The majority in parliament overcame the president's veto on the Investment Promotion Act. The bill was passed in second reading on October 24, but President Rumen Radev vetoed parts of it, arguing that the proposed rules specifically..
Deputy Prime Ministers and Ministers of Transport Grozdan Karadzhov and Aleksandar Nikoloski signed an agreement in Gyueshevo for the construction of a railway tunnel between Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia. The facility..
The European Commission has presented a proposal for developing high-speed railway lines within the EU until 2040, linking the capitals in the EU, among..
The European Commission has decided to withhold EUR 215 million from the second payment under Bulgaria’s recovery and resilience plan, the EC told the..
Prokopan is the only railway tunnel on the Plovdiv-Burgas line. This became clear during a visit by Deputy Minister of Transport Lyuben Nanov, who was..
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