Bulgaria is among the 9 countries of the EU where the population in rural and in urban areas is expected to decline by 2050, Eurostat data show.
The urban population of Bulgaria is expected to shrink by 1.4% by 2050, the shrinkage being most drastic in Poland (-10.3%), Greece (-16.7%) and Latvia (-17.7%). The urban population is expected to increase in 15 member countries by 2050, in Ireland and Sweden by 29.2% and 25.1% respectively. The rural population in these countries will also go up by (+ 24.5%) and (+ 10.9%). In another 24 countries it is expected to go down, the biggest shrinkage being in Austria (-43.5%), Latvia (-37.6%) and Bulgaria (-26.8%), according to Eurostat.
As the active season is set to begin, the Ministry of Tourism started checks into unfair practices in organized tourist travel. Two of the tour operators checked so far have not provided a certificate for carrying our tour operator activity and..
Ground forces military personnel destroyed an unexploded ordnance found yesterday in Vazrazhdane residential area of Sofia, the press service of the Ministry of Defence has announced. The ordnance was a corroded air bomb. The bomb was destroyed..
Conditions for mountain hiking are good until midday, with the exception of the Balkan Range, where there will be fog and rain, the Mountain Rescue Service says. In the afternoon the weather conditions will worsen and mountain hiking is not..
Big global brands should stop their advertisements in pro-Kremlin media in the Balkans and especially in Bulgaria and Serbia - this is..
On Monday, it will be sunny over the western regions of Bulgaria, while there will be considerable cloudiness with rain showers in the..
A new complex in the village of Samoranovo, which includes a prison without bars based on the Norwegian model, a training center for prison officers, etc...
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