In the fourth quarter of 2019, Bulgaria’s gross domestic product amounted to EUR 16.7 billion, which is 3.1% more than the previous trimester, the National Statistical Institute announced. In real terms, the GDP increased with 3.4% last year. The relative share of the industrial sector in this country’s GDP saw 1.6% increase to 23.5%. The relative share of the service sector fell from 75.3% in 2018 to 73.7% last year. Investments form 20.8% of the GDP. The foreign balance of trade of goods and services is positive, data of NSI further show.
Tighter controls on main roads, tougher penalties for violators and improved traffic management during the summer months — these were the measures ordered by Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov at the start of the Cabinet meeting. In..
The low level of the Danube River makes navigation in the Bulgarian section difficult. Two sandbars have formed, Ivelin Zanev, executive director of the Executive Agency for Exploration and Maintenance of the Danube River, told..
The Ministry of Transport has published for public discussion changes to the Regulation on Unmanned Aircraft Systems. The establishment of training centers for drone operators is planned, in which the requirements are almost the same..
One million vehicles have passed through the Greek Promachonas checkpoint on the border with Bulgaria (opposite Kulata) since the beginning of the year,..
EU Commissioner for Home Affairs and Migration Magnus Brunner, together with Bulgarian Interior Minister Daniel Mitov and Greek Deputy Minister for..
A segment of a global money laundering network operating through financial fraud has been dismantled, the Sofia District Prosecutor's Office and the..
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