Bulgarian Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova has congratulated all employed in the sector for World Tourism Day, 27 September. It is one of the most briskly developing sectors of the Bulgarian economy. For the government it is a priority, the minister said. Figures from the World Travel & Tourism Council suggest that in 2016 the sector and economic activities linked to it in Bulgaria generated gross domestic product worth more than 6 billion euro, or close to 13% of the country’s GDP. In 2016 tourism and related economic activities employed 363,000 or close to 12% of all employed in Bulgaria.
After a heated debate, Parliament rejected the proposed GERB-SDS cabinet with Rosen Zhelyazkov as Prime Minister. It was supported by 98 MPs, with 138 voting against and two abstaining. Zhelyazkov, representing the first political force in Parliament,..
Ukrainian optimism clashes with European scepticism ahead of the NATO summit, with divisions emerging over defence spending and how the war will end. These are the conclusions of a report based on a new survey by the European Council on Foreign..
Under the program of the European Civil Protection Mechanism, 240 firefighters from 4 countries arrived in Greece to help their Greek colleagues, the Bulgarian Fire Protection Directorate has reported. Due to the high temperatures..
“Five people from the parliamentary group are going to be “torn apart” during the voting for a cabinet but will, most probably, not give their..
The first joint operation of the newly formed Mine Counter Measures Task Group Black Sea involving Bulgaria, Turkey and Romania is to take place July..
On Tuesday the weather will be sunny and hot over most of the country. Clouds will form over Western and Central Bulgaria in the afternoon and there..
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