The quality of life in Sofia is almost twice as high than it is in Plovdiv and Varna, National Statistical Institute data show.
The biggest average annual per capital income is also in Sofia – over 15,000 euro. Second comes Stara Zagora with 8,950 euro, ahead of a number of towns and cities in Bulgaria which are bigger. Third in per capita income comes Sofia Region with 7,925, then Varna with 7,056 euro, Gabrovo with 6,290 euro and Bourgas with 6,237 euro.
Despite the economic growth of recent years, Bulgaria is still bottom of the list in the EU in per capita GDP with 7,300 euro – four and a half times less than the average for the EU - 30,000 euro.
On October 21, the Ministry of Finance assumed domestic debt and sold government securities for 145 million euros with 3-year maturity. In 2025, the state assumed domestic debt of 1.45 billion euros. Debt of 7.2 billion euros was..
Foreigners often want to pay in euros. The reason is that the goods already have a price in the European currency, the commercial establishments in Kyustendil say. Sellers have some difficulties explaining that this cannot be done..
Today, architecture students from the University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy in Sofia are presenting new proposals for integrating the remains of the Roman Villa Rustica into the city's modern urban environment. Their aim,..
In September, Bulgaria was mentioned as a country connected with dangerous food 7 times, indicate data of the European Rapid Alert System for Food and..
The legal heirs of the people who lost their lives during the flooding in the region of Burgas at the beginning of October will receive 15,000 leva (EUR..
A meeting of the coalition partners took place early this morning, during a sitting of the National Assembly, to discuss the possible reformatting of..
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