Less than a third (31%) of Bulgarians believe that 2023 will be better than 2022, while 34% are of the opposite opinion. According to a poll by "Gallup International", 27% of Bulgarians believe that 2023 will be the same as the previous one.
Regarding the future, Bulgarians are not among the biggest optimists such as Nigeria, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, the Philippines and India, but are also outside the ranking of pessimist countries like Poland, the Czech Republic, Serbia, France and Italy. A rise in negative attitudes is also noticeable in large countries such as the United States and Russia.
Some of the happiest people are those from the Philippines, Mexico, Malaysia, Afghanistan, Ecuador, Japan and Kazakhstan. The most unhappy people are in Armenia, Kenya, Hong Kong, Argentina, Turkey and Moldova, however, the happiness index among them is still positive.
In Bulgaria, five percent of the respondents admitted that they are very happy, 38% - happy, and 11% - unhappy or very unhappy. 42 percent remain in the middle of the chart.
The Bulgarian Minister of Foreign affairs highly appreciated Qatar's ongoing efforts to promote peace in the Middle East and mediate a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Minister Georg Georgiev pointed out that Bulgaria will continue..
Bulgaria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Georg Georgiev held a telephone conversation with his Israeli counterpart Gideon Sa'ar. The two discussed the latest developments in the Middle East, including the practical implementation of the..
The tax laws will be revised and the budget will be revised. This is what GERB MP Delyan Dobrev, chairman of the Budget and Finance Committee in the parliament told the Bulgarian National Radio. The European Commission certainly has..
Bulgarian exports to the USA in 2023 are worth 1.1 billion dollars, and number 1 on the export list with a share of nearly 19 percent are "coins that..
Swedish authorities have detained a ship suspected of sabotaging an undersea fiber optic cable in the Baltic Sea. The ship is the Bulgarian vessel..
The benefits for Bulgaria from full entry into Schengen are estimated at over 800 million euros per year. The largest benefits will be for manufacturers..
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