565,000 Bulgarians travelled abroad in June 2016, or 20.7 percent up on June 2015, the National Statistical Institute has announced. The increase is biggest in the number of Bulgarian nationals travelling to Austria – 99.2 percent, Germany – 50.8 percent and Romania – 23.3 percent. At the same time visits to Russia have dropped by 6.3 percent, to Turkey by 2 percent and to France by 1.6 percent. In June a total of 1,355,000 foreign nationals visited Bulgaria, 19.5 percent more than in June 2015, with EU citizens accounting for 61.4 percent of visits or 27.5 percent more than in June 2015. There is an 11.5 percent increase in the number of visits from countries outside the EU, the growth rate being highest for Ukraine – 21.9 percent.
The Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds announced the first successful hatching of Egyptian vultures in the wild in our country. The bird is considered the most endangered species on the Balkan Peninsula. The female..
From his Facebook profile, the co-chairman of "We Continue the Change" Kiril Petkov announced that the PP-DB coalition will not negotiate with "Vazrazhdane" to form a cabinet. He defined as "media suggestions" the claims that such..
The Ukrainian Embassy in Bulgaria has called on officials and political forces to refrain from using the topic of the war for political purposes. The diplomatic mission emphasizes that Ukrainians pay the most terrible price every day..
Hungary’s Deputy Interior Minister Bence Retvari stated that the abolition of Bulgaria and Romania’s Schengen borders by land is very important to the..
ContourGlobal Maritsa East 3 TPP has announced that another 160 people from the coal-fired power plant will be laid off in the coming months after the..
The position Bulgaria is going to the NATO summit with indicates that Bulgaria could offer Ukraine EUR 80 million , caretaker PM Dimitar Glavchev told..
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