“Despite the blow the tourist industry suffered due to Covid-19, 29,000 jobs in Bulgaria have been saved,” said Minister of Tourism Mariyana Nikolova in Plovdiv. Minister Nikolova paid a visit to Plovdiv on the occasion of the start of the..
Despite the Covid-19 crisis, since the beginning of 2020, certificates to 22 projects totaling 363 million euros have been issued under the Investment Promotion Act, as they have the potential to create 3203 new jobs. This was announced by the..
Businesses have insisted on a freeze on the minimum wage next year and forecast a severe economic crisis in the coming months. The chairman of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce Radosvet Radev told BNR that the beginning of the crisis is yet to come...
67% of the money the state has paid out to employers has been to preserve jobs during the state of emergency declared on 13 March, 2020, and was targeted at the economic sectors hit hardest by the pandemic. These are the processing..
After a temporary drop, for the second consecutive week the number of persons newly registered as unemployed in Bulgaria exceeds the number of those who found new jobs through state-run employment agencies - respectively 5,100 and a little over 4,000..
Unemployment in Bulgaria remained high in June, despite measures to support employment and businesses. The registered unemployment rate was 8.3% . The Employment Agency reports that the number of registered unemployed persons at the end of June was..
The newly registered unemployed persons in Bulgaria have reached just over 218,000 for the period from February 3 to July 12. This is shown by the latest data of the National Statistical Institute and the Employment Agency from the special monitoring of..
From April to June this year, 277 companies in one of the most stable industries in Bulgaria - the IT sector, have benefited from the 60/40 state measure. According to a specialized agency for business research in this area, with nearly 1.5 million euros..
Prime Minister Boyko Borissov opened a new production and logistics base of the German company from the automotive sector "Ariete Logistics" in Bulgaria's town of Pazardzhik. In the conditions of a pandemic, a new plant with 1,000 jobs is opened. The..
In order to preserve the jobs of more than 300,000 people, the Bulgarian state will provide 660 million euros under various measures by September. We are updating the measure known as "60/40", under which 60 million euros in grants have already..
