The birth rate in the EU in 2023 fell by 5.4% compared to 2022. This is the largest annual decrease since 1961. Bulgaria had the highest total birth rate in the EU in 2023 with 1.81 live births per woman. This is according to data published today by the European statistical office Eurostat. France is second with 1.66 live births per woman followed by Hungary with 1.55. At a European level, the total fertility rate for 2023 was 1.38 live births per woman, a decrease from 1.46 in 2022.
Ninety participants representing 57 Bulgarian folklore ensembles from across Europe and North America gathered in Sofia for their fourth Creative Meeting and Seminar. The event was highly constructive, featuring useful workshops and guest lecturers...
The European Commission has disbursed €438.6 million to Bulgaria as part of the second payment under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). On 3 October 2025, the Commission partially approved the payment, stating that Bulgaria "still needs to..
Bulgaria has sufficient quantities of fuel and the 90-day reserves are secured at around 98%, Asen Asenov, Chairman of the State Reserve and Wartime Stocks State Agency, told bTV. The country has a gasoline reserve for 35 days and a diesel reserve..
Bulgaria consistently opposes proposals to remove the requirement for unanimity in decision-making within the framework of the EU’s Common Foreign and..
President Rumen Radev has vetoed the legislative amendments related to the appointment of a special commercial administrator in the..
"As of today, there will be no acting mayor of Varna and the position will be held by the legally elected mayor Blagomir Kotsev," said..
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