Unemployment in Bulgaria is now at the level of 4.9%, the National Statistical Institute has reported. A decline of 1.4% was marked in comparison to the first quarter of 2021. The economic activity rate for the population aged 15-64 reached 72%, increasing by 0.6% on an annual basis.
Nearly 28% of people in this age group are economically inactive. 1/3 of them have not entered the labor market because they are still studying. There are about 55,300 discouraged people aged 15-64, or 4.5% of the economically inactive in the same age group.
10.6% of the unemployed have higher education, 52.1% have secondary education, and 37.3% have primary or lower education.
The number of new Covid-19 cases registered in Bulgaria in the past day reached 1,350. According to official data, 20.1% of 6,713 tests were positive. There are a total of 1,059 hospitalized patients as 53 of them are in..
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Tomorrow, 17 August, the weather will be predominantly sunny. At midday and in the afternoon cumulus clouds will develop over the mountain regions and in the Eastern parts of the country, and there will be occasional showers with thunder in the..
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