Bulgarian households will spend up to 25% of their monthly income for gifts for Christmas and New Year, according to the 2018 Christmas Barometer survey of the Ferratum Group, conducted in 19-countries. It places Bulgaria at 4th place on planned expenses for the upcoming holidays. The Mexicans top the chart as they are going to spend almost half of their salary (48%) for presents, followed by the Brazilians (38%) and the Romanians (29%). The Dutch and the Germans will spend about 10% of their monthly income for the purpose. The most popular Christmas gift in 2018 will be clothing - 16%; toys (10%); sweets (9%) and family entertainment (8%).
On Saturday morning the weather will be predominantly sunny, with significant cumulus and cumulonimbus clouds forming over Central Bulgaria in the afternoon where there will be brief showers and thunder in some parts, mostly in the mountain regions..
In Plovdiv, archaeologists unearthed more than 500 coins from different eras, as well as gold ingots for making jewelry. The finds are from works at the foot of the Old City near the grand Eastern Gate of ancient Philippopolis. During the Roman..
An expedition is to analyse the effect of Russia’s war in Ukraine on the marine environment in the Bulgarian waters for the first time. The research is part of the project SCIRENA II by the Institute of Marine Research of the Kingdom of Norway and..
A violent fight and shooting occurred at a well-known beach bar on the Greek island of Halkidiki in the early hours of Saturday. Three Bulgarians were..
The caretaker cabinet with PM Grancharova-Kozhareva could be sworn in at an extraordinary sitting of the National Assembly on Tuesday , Yordan Tsonev..
On Saturday morning the weather will be predominantly sunny, with significant cumulus and cumulonimbus clouds forming over Central Bulgaria in the..
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