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27% of Bulgarians have difficulties paying their utility bills

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27% of Bulgarians have difficulties paying their utility bills or report being behind their utility bills, a survey of Eurofound named “The cost-of-living crisis and energy poverty in the EU” show, Bulgaria’s biggest trade union, the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB), announced.

7% of the respondents in Sweden and Denmark report being behind their utility bills, whereas in Greece 50% of the polled are behind their utility bills, with the EU average being 15.6%.

28% of the European citizens expect to have difficulties paying their utility bills in the winter months. 




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