Total income per person in a Bulgarian household in the second quarter of 2019 is 791 euros. Compared to the same period of 2018, this is a rise of 4.9%, national statistics reported. At the same time, the total expenses per capita in a household increases by 5.3 per cent to 717 euros. In the income structure, the highest relative share goes to the salary. It forms 57.8% of the income of Bulgarians. Pensions follow with 27.6% and self-employment income - 6.2%. In the structure of total expenditures, the largest relative share is that of money spent for food - 31.4%, followed by housing expenses - 15.5%, taxes and social security - 14.2% and transport and communications expenses - 11.7%.
A Council for Coordination of Policies for Bulgarians Abroad is being established. This will be a permanent advisory body to the Council of Ministers, the parliament decided during the second reading of changes to the Law on Bulgarians..
MEPs are concerned about Russian interference in the upcoming elections on June 9, and the properties on the territory of Bulgaria currently owned by Russian authorities, reads a draft resolution of the European People's Party on new allegations of..
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 declared Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. BSP MP Atanas Zafirov proposed that a minute of..
On Tuesday the minimum temperatures in Bulgaria will be between 6 and 11°C, in Sofia - about 7°C. During the day it will be cloudy and rainy. In western..
For the early parliamentary elections in Bulgaria and the elections for European Parliament, which will be held on June 9, at this stage it is planned to..
After 4 years of investigation, the Sofia City Prosecutor’s Office has submitted to court the indictment against former gambling mogul Vassil Bozhkov,..
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