The turnover of Bulgaria’s gray economy amounts between EUR 12 billion and EUR 13 billion per year, data of the Confederation of the Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria show. The share of shadow economy in this country’s economy is nearly 20%, mainly in trade, agriculture and auto repair activities, the President of CITUB Plamen Dimitrov said. The gray economy kills the competition and the human rights, Plamen Dimitrov pointed out and added that the Confederation of the Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria has made proposals for legislative amendments aimed at limiting undeclared employment and shadow economy.
The international scientific conference “Bulgarians in the Northern Black Sea Region” will be held in Sofia on October 27 and 28, 2025 in the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore with Ethnographic Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Prof...
The annual planned maintenance of Kozloduy NPP Unit 6 starts today and is expected to last until early December, the nuclear power plant has announced. During the shutdown, technical maintenance of the systems and facilities will be carried out,..
Saturday will start off with lows between 6°C and 11°C, dropping to around 6°C in Sofia. Skies will brighten for a time over northern Bulgaria before turning cloudy again later, with rain moving in by evening and overnight. Cloudy spells are also..
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