According to a survey conducted by Eurostat, the share of children at risk of poverty who had parents with a low level of education is highest in Romania (37.4%) and Bulgaria (33.7%) , BGNES reported. Descendants of low educated parents are more..
No Smoking Day is celebrated on the third Thursday of November . T his year it goes under the motto "Let's win together: a month without nicotine!" According to data of Bulgaria’s Ministry of Health, 34.5% of this country‘s population..
The mortality rate in Bulgaria in September 2021 is 50.2% more than the average for this month in the previous period (2016-2019), according to Eurostat data, quoted by Reuters . According to a report by the European Statistical Agency, which compares..
In 2019, 18.4% of the population of the EU aged 15 and over stated they smoke cigarettes daily, indicate latest data released by the EU’s statistics agency Eurostat. 12.6% of the European population state they smoke less than 20 cigarettes a day, and..
Bulgaria and Romania are the two countries of the European union with the highest share of people at risk of poverty and social exclusion, according to Eurostat data. More than one-quarter of their population – alongside Greece and Spain – are at..
In 2020, the number of specialists employed at Bulgaria's ICT sector increased by 2,100, indicate data of Eurostat. Thus, the number of Bulgarians working in the ICT field rose to 103,300, or 3.2% of all people employed in Bulgaria, informs Capital..
The Covid-19 pandemic seems to be receding in Bulgaria and people have started going back to the offices. But does that spell the end of the home office? Very doubtful, experts say. “Quite the opposite, a hybrid work model is being considered with..
According to Eurostat data published today the number of road accident fatalities in the EU has gone down by 2.5% in 2019 compared to the previous year. Out of the total number of fatalities (22 800 persons were killed in road accidents in..
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..
The largest number of Bulgarians in Europe at the beginning of January, 2020 lived in Germany – 342 , 000 , which is equal to the population of the city of Plovdiv. 259 , 000 lived in Great Britain or 50,000 more than the entire population..