The export of goods from Bulgaria to the EU increased by 10.7% in the period January-June 2018 compared to the same period in 2017 and amounted to BGN 18 104.5 million, Bulgaria’s National Statistical Institute reports. Bulgaria's main trading partners are Germany, Italy, Romania, Greece, France and Belgium, which account for 68.9% of the exports to the EU Member States.
Imports from the EU increased by 9.7% and amounted to BGN 19,826.3 million, with most imports coming from Germany, Italy, Romania, Spain and Greece.
Bulgaria's foreign trade balance with the EU for the period January-June is negative and equals BGN 1 721.8 million.
Hail storm caused huge damage in the regions of Plovdiv, Haskovo, Stara Zagora and Sliven. No people were injured but crops in many places were destroyed . The villages of Banya, Samuilovo, Zetiovo, Gita, Svoboda and Shivachevo..
13% of boys and 11% of 11-year-old girls in Bulgaria smoked at least one cigarette in the past 30 days of the survey, BGNES reported, referring to a UN report on the healthy behavior of school-age children. 17% of boys under 13 also..
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..
The Bulgarian Parliament has finally postponed the liberalisation of the energy market for one year, starting from 1 July. The decision was taken with..
Nearly 400 cases of pertussis (whooping cough) have been registered in the country. We are at the beginning of a nationwide epidemic, Chief State Health..
The National Assembly removed its chairman Rosen Zhelyazkov from office. His dismissal was proposed by We Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria,..
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