According to a recent survey of the National Statistical Institute, industrial production and retail trade saw an improvement in November 2016. NSI also reports on an unexpected growth in construction. In November last year the Industrial Production Index in Bulgaria increased with 1.6% as compared to the previous month. Meanwhile, the Construction Production Index rose by 4.7% as compared to October 2016. In November 2016 the turnover in retail trade excluding trade of automobiles and motorcycles increased with 0.9% as compared to October 2016, while turnover in trade saw an increase of 6.1% on an annual basis.
In support of people with rare diseases, balloons in different colors flew over Sofia at noon, BTA reported. The balloons were released in the courtyard of the Alexandrovska Hospital, where medical specialists, patients and their relatives gathered..
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has detained about 20 people - some of whom worked for the Bulgarian State Railways, for large-scale theft of diesel fuel in a specialized operation in the area of the Karnobat railway station. It was established..
The branch of the European Public Prosecutor's Office in Sofia has indicted two individuals suspected of fraud for EUR 66,750. The money comes from the European Social Fund and state co-financing, reported BNR’s correspondent in Brussels Angelina..
Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev today received at the Foreign Ministry Susan Falatko, who arrived in Sofia a few days ago as Charge d'Affaires of the U.S...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has advised Bulgarian citizens to avoid traveling to Greece because of a planned national strike today. The Foreign Ministry..
The number of pensioners in January this year increased by 15,630 people, or 0.8%, compared to the first month of the previous year, the National Social..
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