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..
Less than 5% of PCR tests from the last 24 hours are positive, 159 new cases With 3,341 PCR tests performed for the last 24 hours in Bulgaria, a total of 159, or 4.76%, gave a positive result for Covid-19. Thus, the total number of registered..
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..
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..
Restoration of employment levels is expected to start at the end of the year, Minister of Social Affairs Denitsa Sacheva said at the presentation of the renewed measure for preserving jobs - 60/40. Speaking to the National Council for Tripartite..
In 15 of the 28 districts of Bulgaria, unemployment is over 10%, compared to the national average of 9%, according to an analysis by the Employment Agency for the month of May. On average, 9 unemployed people compete for one vacancy. Unemployment is..
Around 2,000 unemployed will start work this year under regional employment programmes, with financing amounting to 6.344 million Leva /around 3.244 million euro/ from the budget of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy for active..
The Bulgarian economy will receive about 3.6 billion euros less in revenues, a forecast of the Institute for Market Economy and presented to BNR by analyst Krasen Stanchev, shows. This figure is equal to the income and property of 100,000..
84,568 people became jobless during the state of emergency in Bulgaria between March 13 and June 15. Meanwhile, 65,535 people were employed, this country’s Minister of Labor and Social Policy Denitsa Sacheva said. Nearly 300,000 people were..
This summer one in three Bulgarians will be thinking about finding a job. According to a survey by the biggest Bulgarian job platform, two-thirds of Bulgarians say their jobs are in jeopardy. Because of Covid-19, 55% of all people with a job..
