Head of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria, Plamen Dimitrov, has told the BNR that more than 106,000 unemployed people have registered with the labor offices since the declaration of the state of emergency on March 13 until April 24.
Those who have remained unemployed mostly come from the trade, tourism and restaurant business, as well as the service sector and part of the manufacturing industry. More than 90% of the unemployed people are with primary and lower education and over 30% are over 55 years of age. Recruitment continues during the crisis, with 17,000 people who stared work through the labor offices in March.
20,400 people lost their lives in road accidents in the EU in 2023 , a 1% reduction compared to 2022, the European Commission has reported. Sweden and Denmark hold the lead for the safest roads, with 22 and 26 deaths per million inhabitants..
Interior Minister Atanas Ilkov has assessed as serious the support Bulgaria is receiving for full Schengen membership. However, he did not commit himself to a timeframe on whether this country will be accepted into Schengen by land by the end of the..
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev is in Poland, where he is participating in the 19th meeting of the heads of state of the Arraiolos group at the invitation of his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda. The main theme of the forum this year is the opportunities..
Bulgarian singer, musician and composer Kiril Marichkov has passed away. The rock musician has died in an accident in the village of Selanovtsi,..
Hungary’s Interior Minister Sándor Pintér stated that abolishing checks at Bulgaria and Romania’s land borders will be on the agenda of the meeting of..
The official trailer of the film Gundi – Legend of Love caused a veritable sensation, turning into the biggest success in the history of Bulgarian..
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