According to Eurostat population estimates, at the beginning of this year the population of Bulgaria stood at 7.2 million or around 1.5 percent of the population of the EU.
The population of the EU is up to slightly over 510 million, which is 5.2 million more compared to the previous year. However, the growth rate is due to immigration, whereas the community itself registered a negative natural change of its population. The country where deaths outnumbered births the most is Bulgaria (-6.2 per mille), followed by Croatia and Hungary.
Today Bulgaria is hosting a global event of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The results of the organisation's global report on social-emotional skills among 15-year-old students around the world will be announced from..
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..
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..
The Bulgarian Parliament has finally postponed the liberalisation of the energy market for one year, starting from 1 July. The decision was taken with..
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