Registered unemployed persons in Bulgaria at the end of June were 188,576. Their number has shrunk by 5.9 percent on the previous month, and by 15.9 percent on the same period of last year. Newly registered unemployed persons during the period are 21,898: of them 1 704 have not been employed, have not studied or searched for employment so far, figures from the Employment Agency suggest. Since January, officials in the labor bureaus assist close to 32,000 Bulgarians in finding jobs by means of presentations to students, labor markets and consultations with specialists. 797 unemployed persons have chosen to requalify and acquire new skills in tourism, construction and digital entrepreneurship. Currently, the greatest shortages of workers are seen in the processing industry, trade, the hospitality industry and in public administration.
“We are a guarantee of stability in the region,” caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev states in an address to the Vienna Economic Forum - Sofia Meeting, 2024, the Bulgarian news agency BTA reports. Sofia is hosting the meeting of the..
In 2023, the share of young people aged up to 29 neither in employment nor in education, stands at 13.8%, as compared to 15.1% a year earlier. Compared to the other EU countries, this percentage remains high. 1/7 th of the young people who are..
Joining the Eurozone later in 2025 is a possible scenario, and at this stage, it is a more likely one, Bulgarian National Bank Governor Dimitar Radev said for BTA in Washington during the Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International..
“We are a guarantee of stability in the region,” caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev states in an address to the Vienna Economic Forum - Sofia..
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