In 2017 Bulgaria remained the country with the lowest wages in the EU, data of Eurostat shows. The average wage per hour in the European Union amounted to EUR 23, while in Bulgaria the hourly pay was four times lower- just over EUR 5 per hour. In Bulgaria’s northern neighbor Romania the hourly wages amounted to EUR 5.50. Wages in Bulgaria remain lowest in the whole EU, although a record-high increase of 122% was registered in the past 10 years. In 2007 the hourly pay in this country was at EUR 2.30.
2023 was another year in which high-level corruption in Bulgaria remained under the radar, as the criminal proceedings conducted did not reflect the true state of corruption in the public sector, according to one of the findings of the Anti-Corruption..
The last elections took place under the shadow of Kremlin's disinformation, which is one of the main tools used in the internal political processes in our country, caretaker Minister of Defense Atanas Zapryanov said at a round table..
"The newly elected Prime Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia chose confrontation and trampling over European principles and from the highest parliamentary rostrum made it clear that he intends to divert the country from its..
The Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB) is starting "unlimited" financing for the country's defense industry. According to caretaker Minister of..
On Tuesday it will be mostly sunny before noon, with light to moderate east-northeasterly winds in the afternoon. Maximum temperatures will be between..
Caretaker Minister of Interior Kalin Stoyanov is attending the ministerial conference of the Salzburg Forum countries in Vienna, the Ministry of..
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