Eurostat: Bulgaria had lowest GDP per capita in EU in 2023
Bulgaria registered the lowest GDP per capita in the European Union in 2023, 36 per cent below the EU average,
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Author: The Sofia Globe staff
We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria in new proposal to GERB-UDF on government
The We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria coalition has made a new offer to Boiko Borissov’s GERB-UDF coalition on a proposed
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Bulgaria’s Parliament to hold special sitting after Gabriel officially refuses to be PM
The Speaker of Bulgaria’s National Assembly Rosen Zhelyazkov has convened a special sitting of Parliament, to be held on March
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Bulgaria’s Finance Ministry, BNB, launch website in Bulgarian and English on euro changeover
Bulgaria’s Ministry of Finance and central Bulgarian National Bank have launched an information website dedicated to the introduction of the
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European Commission approves 170M leva in state aid for Bulgarian farmers
The European Commission said on March 25 that it has approved 170 million leva, or about 86.9 million euro, in
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EU ministers approve continued encouragement of voluntary gas demand reduction measures
The Council of the European Union formally adopted on March 25 the recommendation that encourages member states to continue reducing their gas
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EC opens non-compliance investigations against Alphabet, Apple and Meta under Digital Markets Act
The European Commission (EC) said on March 25 that it has opened non-compliance investigations under the Digital Markets Act (DMA)
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Eurostat: Three regions in Bulgaria had highest death rate in EU in 2021
The three regions in the European Union with the highest standardised death rate in 2021 were all in Bulgaria, EU
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First-time asylum applications in EU up 20% in 2023 y/y
In 2023, 1 048 900 first-time asylum applicants (non-EU citizens) applied for international protection in EU countries, up by 20 per cent compared with 2022 (873 700), European
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