At the end of June the number of gas-powered cars and electric cars in Bulgaria increased by 50% as compared to the same month last year, data of Bulgaria’s Traffic Police show. The number of gas-powered cars increased with 51%- from 103,669 to 305,960. Their number is expected to continue rising by the end of 2020, because the deadline for registration of cars equipped with natural gas fuel systems was extended until November. The number of electric vehicles increased 57% to 1,493. The number of newly-registered electric cars amounts to 544. The number of hybrid models increased with 2,989 to 9,817, which is 43.77% increase. There are 1,319,985 diesel-powered cars in Bulgaria, or 6% more as compared to the same period last year. The number of petrol-powered cars increased with 7.11% to 1,222,741.
75.3% of Bulgarians identify themselves as Orthodox, 9.9% as Muslim and 11% as not religious. 59.5% say they believe in God and 27.5% do not. The rest are undecided. A fifth of respondents say they frequently attend religious services. These are..
GERB leader Boyko Borissov announced that he is extending a hand to the parties from the former assemblage to seek an option of governance after the elections, the BNR’s reporter Daniel Inkov informed. Boyko Borissov emphasized that pragmatism in..
Before the start of the new school year, the ''Give a Book'' Foundation is collecting notebooks, plimsolls, pencil cases and backpacks filled with school supplies for homes for children deprived of parental care. For 14 years, the foundation has..
Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov has cancelled the air show at the Graf Ignatievo Air Base after an L-39 ZA military transport plane crashed, the..
The Supreme Administrative Court rejected the appeal of the coalition around Ahmed Dogan - "Democracy, Rights and Freedoms - DPS"..
At a Bulgarian-Chinese business forum in Sofia, President Rumen Radev pointed out the advantages of the business environment in..
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