For yet another year, Eurostat reported that Bulgaria is the country with the lowest consumption and the lowest Gross Domestic Product /GDP/ per capita in the EU. In 2013 the individual consumption of goods and services in the country was 49 per cent of the EU average, or one percent down in comparison to the previous year. The citizens of Luxembourg top the consumption chart - 35 per cent above the average, followed by Germany, Austria, Denmark and Finland. GDP per capita in Bulgaria last year was 45% of the EU average. GDP per capita in Luxembourg was nearly 6 times that of Bulgaria, and in Germany and Austria - nearly three times higher than the level in Bulgaria.
Clouds will break over the western half of the country overnigh t, becoming mostly clear, while rain will continue to fall over the east. Friday will be mostly sunny. There will be light winds, mainly from the north. Minimum temperatures will be between..
Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev and Deputy Foreign Minister Ivan Kondov met at the Council of Ministers with relatives of the Bulgarian sailors on board the hijacked ship Galaxy Leader, where Glavchev assured that efforts to secure their release were..
The Bulgarian Parliament has finally postponed the liberalisation of the energy market for one year, starting from 1 July. The decision was taken with 152 votes in favour - of GERB-CDS, MRF, Vazrazhdane, "BSP for Bulgaria" and ITN. 35 PP-DB MPs..
MEPs are concerned about Russian interference in the upcoming elections on June 9, and the properties on the territory of Bulgaria currently owned by..
On Thursday , a cold atmospheric front will pass through the country. It will be rainy with thunders over the whole of Bulgaria. There..
Members of Parliament observed a minute of silence to honor the victims of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire (1915-1916). April 24 was..
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