Unemployment in Bulgaria remained high in June, despite measures to support employment and businesses. The registered unemployment rate was 8.3%. The Employment Agency reports that the number of registered unemployed persons at the end of June was 273,367. Compared to May, there is a decrease of 7.5%, or more than 22,000 people. But compared to June 2019, the increase in the number of unemployed persons is 61.1%, or 103,708 people.
In June, more than 36,000 people registered at the employment agencies started work on employment contracts. 96% of them are employed in the real economy.
Defense Intelligence Agency's Chief of Europe Eurasia Regional Center Patrick Prior and a delegation led by him paid a working visit to Sofia, the Bulgarian Defence Ministry's Military Intelligence Service said. A meeting was held during the..
Voter turnout in the upcoming parliamentary elections is expected to be around 48%. Between 2.5 million and 2.7 million voters will go to the polling stations on June 9. 45% of the respondents declared readiness to vote at the European..
On May 22 and 23, President Rumen Radev will visit the Vatican and the Italian Republic at the head of the Bulgarian delegation that is traditionally received in audience by the Pope on the occasion of the Day of Saints Cyril and Methodius, of the..
The European Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski will be on a working visit to Bulgaria on May 21. His program includes meetings in..
On Wednesday, minimum temperatures in the country will be between 9 and 14°C, 12°C in Sofia. During the day, sunny skies are expected, with some clouds..
Today the Orthodox Church worships Saints Constantine and Helena, who are venerated as the Equal of the Apostles because, like the Apostles, they..
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