At the end of 2020 unemployment in Bulgaria stood at 6.7%. In December the restrictive measures due to the pandemic were already in place. A number of businesses were again closed but unemployment, compared to November, did not go up, the National Employment Agency has announced. 6.7% is the lowest percentage registered after the state of emergency was lifted on 13 May, 2020. Compared to December 2019, unemployment went up by 0.8%. The number of registered unemployed stood at 220,292, which is an increase by 25,577 year-on-year, the BTA reports.
During the May-December period, the anti-crisis measures aimed at mitigating the impact of the pandemic - 60/40 and 80/20 - saved more than 300,000 jobs, the National Employment Agency says.
The first group of Bulgarian citizens evacuated from Lebanon with the help of Canada came home last night, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry has announced. This took place in close coordination between the Foreign Ministry’s Situation Centre, the..
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The Court of Justice of the EU has overturned part of European legislation requiring trucks for international transport to return every two months to the carrier's base. With its decision, the institution confirmed all other..
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