The average monthly salary in Bulgaria reached a level of 886 euros during the second quarter of the year - 7.8% higher in comparison to the first three months of the year, according to data of the National Statistical Institute. The highest and lowest average remuneration in June was €1,205 in the capital and €566 in Kyustendil, respectively. In the same month, activities related to creation and distribution of information and creative products and telecommunication technologies topped the chart with 2,160 euros a month, followed by financial and insurance activities with 1,403 euros. The lowest paid are those working in the hotel and restaurant industry with EUR 542.
Bulgaria will not yet request an extraordinary convergence report - a key step towards joining the eurozone. This was announced by Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova from the rostrum in Parliament. She said that during her meetings with the EU..
On the eve of February 1 - the day on which Bulgaria pays homage to the victims of the communist regime - the We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria (PP-DB) party announced that it was tabling a bill for the removal of all monuments that symbolise..
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church (BOC) is the only representative of the country's traditional Eastern Orthodoxy. This was decided by MPs in the final amendments to the Law on Religious Denominations. The amendment, which states that only the BOC can use the..
Taxi drivers gathered at Sofia Airport in protest, blocking access to Terminal 2 for a short time on Friday afternoon. They are unhappy with the new..
On Saturday, fog or low clouds will cover the plains and sheltered valleys. Minimum temperatures will be between 0 and 5°C, around 1°C in Sofia. Sunny..
The claims of Bulgarian citizens investigated for espionage in the UK about their links to the "highest echelons" of power in Bulgaria, are not based on..
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