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Nearly 62,000 Bulgarians lost their jobs during state of emergency

Bulgaria's Minister of Labor and Social Policy Denitsa Sacheva
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A total of 61,644 Bulgarians registered at the employment offices since the beginning of the state of emergency, this country’s Minister of Labor and Social Policy Denitsa Sacheva announced. Some of these people have lost their jobs in Bulgaria due to the coronavirus crisis and some have returned from abroad. 32,000 people applied for unemployment benefits in the abovementioned period. Meanwhile, 9,830 people started work during the state of emergency.




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