Between March 13 and June 30, nearly 180,000 people have kept their jobs in more than 25,000 companies due to the initial version of the 60/40 wage support scheme. Between July 15 and August 27 a total of 3,776 applications for compensations of..
The Bulgarian government has approved a draft request for financial support of BGN 1 billion (over EUR 500 million). The request will be addressed to the European Commission under the SURE instrument for mitigating the risks of unemployment. The..
After a temporary drop, for the second consecutive week the number of persons newly registered as unemployed in Bulgaria exceeds the number of those who found new jobs through state-run employment agencies - respectively 5,100 and a little over 4,000..
Unemployment in Bulgaria remained high in June, despite measures to support employment and businesses. The registered unemployment rate was 8.3% . The Employment Agency reports that the number of registered unemployed persons at the end of June was..
Less than 5% of PCR tests from the last 24 hours are positive, 159 new cases With 3,341 PCR tests performed for the last 24 hours in Bulgaria, a total of 159, or 4.76%, gave a positive result for Covid-19. Thus, the total number of registered..
The newly registered unemployed persons in Bulgaria have reached just over 218,000 for the period from February 3 to July 12. This is shown by the latest data of the National Statistical Institute and the Employment Agency from the special monitoring of..
In order to preserve the jobs of more than 300,000 people, the Bulgarian state will provide 660 million euros under various measures by September. We are updating the measure known as "60/40", under which 60 million euros in grants have already..
Restoration of employment levels is expected to start at the end of the year, Minister of Social Affairs Denitsa Sacheva said at the presentation of the renewed measure for preserving jobs - 60/40. Speaking to the National Council for Tripartite..
In 15 of the 28 districts of Bulgaria, unemployment is over 10%, compared to the national average of 9%, according to an analysis by the Employment Agency for the month of May. On average, 9 unemployed people compete for one vacancy. Unemployment is..
Around 2,000 unemployed will start work this year under regional employment programmes, with financing amounting to 6.344 million Leva /around 3.244 million euro/ from the budget of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy for active..
