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65% of Households Unable to Cover Cost of Living
February 8 (BTA) - The monthly cost of living of a four-member household (two adults and two children) in Bulgaria has reached 2,542 leva. The monthly cost of living per household member is 635.53 leva, Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) President Plame...
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Cash in Circulation Reaches Lv 21,241.0 Mln by End of 2020
February 6 (BTA) - At the end of December 2020, circulating currency reached 21,241.0 million leva, up by 2,136.1 million, or 11.2 per cent, from the end of December 2019, the Bulgarian National Bank reported. The increase was 10.2 per cent, year-on-year.
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Projects for Employment of People with Disabilities to Be Funded by Lv 3.5 Mln
February 5 (BTA) - A total of 3.5 million leva will be used to finance projects for employers to create new jobs and improve working conditions for people with permanent disabilities of working age in 2021, the press centre of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy said here on...
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Bulgaria Has Second Highest Number of Smokers in EU - Eurobarometer
February 4 (BTA corr. Nikolay Jeliazkov) - Bulgaria has the second highest number of smokers among all EU member states and Britain, according to a Eurobarometer survey, the results of which were presented by the European Commission on Wednesday, on the eve of the World Cancer Da...
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Bulgaria Files Application with EC to Register Yoghurt, White Brine Cheese as Protected Products
February 3 (BTA) - Bulgaria has filed applications with the European Commission (EC) to register Bulgarian yoghurt and Bulgarian white brine Cheese in the EU protected designation of origin and protected geographical indication schemes, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and F...
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More than Lv 23 Million to Be Provided for Improving Bio-security of Farms, Lv 2 Million for Purchase of Private Forests...
Sofia, February 2 (BTA) - The Agriculture, Food and Forestry Ministry has opened a call for projects under the Rural Development Programme, sub-measure Support for Investment in Preventive Measures to Mitigate the Consequences of Possible Natural Disasters, Unfavourable Climat...
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Regions of Gabrovo, Montana, Pleven, Lovech and Vratsa Lost Close to Fifth of Their Population in Ten Years
Sofia, February 2 (BTA) - In the last ten years, the regions of Gabrovo, Montana, Pleven, Lovech and Vratsa have lost almost a fifth of their population. Only Varna reports an increase in the number of people living there, but the growth is weak and is rather connected to main...
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Regions of Gabrovo, Montana, Pleven, Lovech and Vratsa Lost Close to Fifth of Their Population in Ten Years
February 2 (BTA) - In the last ten years, the regions of Gabrovo, Montana, Pleven, Lovech and Vratsa have lost almost a fifth of their population. Only Varna reports an increase in the number of people living there, but the growth is weak and is rather connected to maintaining pa...
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Think Tank: Diversification of Natural Gas Supplies Is Incomplete
February 1 (BTA) - Currently, the diversification of natural gas supplies in Bulgaria is incomplete, Plamen Dimitrov of the Bulgarian Geopolitical Society told a BTA-hosted news conference on Monday. According to him, one of the reasons lies in the existing contract with Gazprom ...
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Corruption Perception Index Ranks Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania Last in EU in Coping with the Problem
January 28 (BTA) - Bulgaria is last in the EU, along with Hungary and Romania, in terms of coping with corruption. This statement was made by Transparency International - Bulgaria at Thursday's BTA-hosted news conference presenting the results of the international Corruption...
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Households' Deposits in Banks Amount to Lv 61.042 Billion at End of 2020
January 26 (BTA) - At the end of December 2020, non-governmental sector deposits amounted to 93.400 billion leva (79.2 of GDP), increasing by 9.7 per cent year-on-year, the Bulgarian National Bank reported on Tuesday. Deposits by non-financial corporations amounted to 2...
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Tutorial Videos Inspire Blind People to Do Photography
January 26 (Rositsa Ilieva of BTA) - The debut project of the Association of Artists with Disabilities in Bulgaria (AADB), called "Fiesta of Darkness and Light," uses a series of tutorial videos about sensory photography and visual art to encourage visually impaired people to exp...
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AI Startup Co-founded by Bulgarian Scientists Raises USD 2.8 Million
January 22 (Rositsa Ilieva of BTA) - LatticeFlow, a startup creating tools to help AI teams build AI models that are safe, reliable and trustworthy had raised 2.8 million US dollars in funding, one of the co-founders, Martin Vechev, told BTA. The money was attracted in a seed fun...
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BTA Interview: How a Maternity Hospital OperatesDuring a Pandemic andSome Positive Trends
Sofia, January 21 (Velina Vassileva of BTA) Bulgarian maternity hospitals learned the lessons of the first lockdown in the spring of 2020 and were better prepared when the government imposed a new lockdown in November, said Dr. Donka Ouzounova, head of Neonatology at Sheinovo...
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Car Sales in Bulgaria Drop by Nearly 37% in 2020
January 19 (BTA) - Car sales in Bulgaria in 2020 have dropped by 36.8 per cent, according to data from the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA). The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the worst crisis in history of the sector. All markets in Europe reported a doubl...
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December's Inflation in Bulgaria Stands at 0.5%
January 18 (BTA) - The inflation rate in Bulgaria in December, compared to November, was 0.5 per cent, the National Statistical Institute informed on Monday. The Y/Y inflation rate in December 2020 was 0.1 per cent. The average inflation rate for the period January - December ...
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BCCI Survey: 95% of Foreign Companies Ready to Expand Their Investments in Bulgaria
January 15 (BTA) - A survey by the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) and partnering business organizations shows that 95 per cent of the foreign companies that have invested in Bulgaria are ready to expand their investments. This was announced by head of the BCCI ...
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Bulgarian Development Bank Approves Loans Worth Over Lv 268 Mln under Two Government Anti-Crisis Programmes
Sofia, January 12 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB) has approved loans worth over 268 million leva under two government anti-crisis programmes that the BDB is managing, the bank said Tuesday. The resources have supported 26,221 natural persons and given a funding op...
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Twice as Many Roma Children Graduate from School Compared to 2011 - Survey
January 12 (BTA) - Twice as many Roma children in Bulgaria graduate from school compared to 2011, shows a nationally representative survey on the Roma community's education and professional realization in the last ten years, commissioned to Global Metrics by the Trust for Soc...
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Finance Minister Expects Bulgaria to Join Eurozone in 2024
January 12 (BTA) - "We expect Bulgaria to join the eurozone in 2024. The main tasks for the Bulgarian government on the road to achieving this goal are related to the implementation of commitments under the road map after the entry of the Bulgarian lev into ERM II in July 2020," ...
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