The number of foreign visitors to Bulgaria rose by 3.8 percent in August compared to a year earlier. National statistics showed that the historical record set last year, when 2.240 million foreign visitors came to Bulgaria, has been broken. In August 2019, the total number reached 2.325 million. The number of foreign visitors for holiday and excursion purposes has also increased by 7.6% on an annual basis. Two-thirds of foreigners came from EU countries. Visits by Romanian citizens increased by 30.9%, while the number of tourists from the United Kingdom rose by 17.8% and the number of guests from Spain rose by 15.8%. The biggest drop was reported among tourists from Germany - 12.7%.
On Thursday it will be sunny and hot. In the afternoon there will be temporary increase in cloudiness in the western regions, but rainfalls are expected only in isolated places in the Rilo-Rhodope region. The lowest temperatures..
Bulgaria’s National Assembly rejected the draft decision to mandate the Council of Ministers to include nitrous oxide (laughing gas) in the lists of controlled substances under the Narcotic Drugs and Precursors Control Act. The proposal was put..
In the period January-April 2024 Bulgaria’s main export of cheese and curd was to Greece (882 tons, or a drop of 48.6% compared to the same period of 2023), the United Kingdom (871 t, or an increase of 22.1%) and the USA (844 t,..
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Michael O'Flaherty said he was "deeply concerned” by the law passed by the Bulgarian..
The sale of 100% of the shares of Gallup International Balkan, a Zurich-based polling agency, has been finalised. The agency is a traditional partner of..
The European Public Prosecutor's Office is investigating the offices of Bulgartransgaz in Sofia. Police have secured access to the headquarters of the..
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