Total income per person in a household in the second quarter of 2017 was 1,355 BGN /695 EUR/, which is 9.4 percent more compared to the same period in 2016, the National Statistical Institute reports. At the same time, the total costs per household member increased by 11.1 percent to 612 euros. The largest share of incomes was spent on food (32.5%), followed by housing (16.4%), taxes and social security payments (13.6 percent), as well as transportation and communications (11.3 percent).
Denitsa Sacheva of GERB announced at a briefing that there would be leadership negotiations between GERB and the PP-DB on the formation of a cabinet only if these talks were aimed at establishing a governing majority and a regular government. Shortly..
A health survey in 2023 shows that 32% of children aged 7 are overweight, reports BTA. Of these, 15.2% are obese and 4.9% are severely obese. 20.4% of the overweight children had abdominal obesity. Overweight and obesity are more prominent among boys...
The number of unemployed individuals who started work in October has increased by 830, or by 5.9% compared to the previous month. According to data from the National Employment Agency, a total of 14,852 unemployed people started work in October. The..
Heavy goods vehicles formed a fifteen-kilometer-long queue on the Maritsa Motorway before the Kapitan Andreevo border crossing in the direction of..
Protesters gathered in front of the detention center in Busmantsi to demand more rights for asylum seekers in refugee centers. The protest was organized..
Athletes with Down syndrome will be instructors at a big Zumba Festival in Sofia today, with the aim of motivating children with disabilities to engage..
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