The registered unemployment rate increased by 0.5% in March 2020 and reached 6.7%, the Employment Agency has reported. In the period after March 13, when emergency situation was introduced because of the coronavirus pandemic, 26,300 unemployed people have registered with the labour offices, as 14,500 of them said the coronavirus crisis was the cause.
Among the newly unemployed, the leading share goes to employees in the hotel, restaurant, trade and manufacturing sectors. At the same time, after March 13, there has been an increase in the demand for babysitters, as well as personal and health assistants. Call centers and food stores continue to need more employees, it was also reported.
Bulgaria marks the Day of Organic Agriculture. In the EU, just 10.4% of production is organic, and in Bulgaria it is just 2-2.2%, Nadezhda Shopova from the Institute for Climate, Atmosphere and Water Research at the Bulgarian Academy..
It will be sunny on Saturday. In the morning fog is expected in the eastern regions of Bulgaria. The lowest temperatures will be between 11 and 16°C; in Sofia – about 12°C. The highest will be between 29 and 34°C; in the capital..
The poverty line for 2025 will be BGN 638 (EUR 326.2), the government has announced. It will increase by BGN 112, or by 21.3% compared to 2024. '' The new poverty line will positively impact vulnerable and low-income groups'', the government said...
Friday will be sunny and temperatures will rise during the day to reach 28-33°C, 29°C in the capital. Lows will be between 11 and 16°C, 11°C in Sofia...
For the first time in 38 years the population of Bulgaria has practically stopped its downward trend. In 2023 the decline is by a mere 0.3%, or just..
Bulgaria is growing more and more visible for businesses in the US, said Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev at a briefing in New York after meeting with..
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