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%.
Uniformed and civilian employees of the Interior Ministry held a protest near the building of the Bulgarian Parliament in defense of Caretaker Interior Minister Kalin Stoyanov. "After every shift, reassignments start and it gets scary. Every..
There has been an increase in Covid-19 cases over the past 2-3 weeks. This trend is observed not only in Bulgaria but also across Europe, Chief State Health Inspector Assocсiate Professor Angel Kunchev said for bTV. 200-250 cases are reported on a..
One of the most successful and respected Bulgarian immigrants in Chicago, Hamid Rusev, has passed away, BG VOICE reported. He passed away on August 8. In recent years, Hamid, as everyone in Chicago called him, had been battling complications..
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..
"Within a few days, it is good that Bulgaria will already have a nomination for a new representative in the European Commission, let's not waste time..
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