Bulgaria to pay Easter bonuses to pensioners below poverty line
Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on April 2 the payment of Easter bonuses to close to 700 000 pensioners living below the
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Bulgaria’s March 2025 was one of the country’s warmest March months in past 25 years
March 2025 in Bulgaria was similarly warm to March 2024 and was one of the country’s five warmest March months
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Bulgaria’s road death toll in first three months of 2025 is 84
A total of 84 people died in road accidents in Bulgaria in the first three months of 2025, the Interior
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Prices of Bulgaria’s electronic road tax stickers to rise from May 1
Prices of electronic road tax stickers – known in Bulgarian as vinetki – are to increase from May 1, Bulgaria’s
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Bulgarian railways offering excursions drawn by its oldest restored steam engine
Bulgarian state railways BDZ is offering excursions from Sofia to Bankya and back on April 12 on a train drawn
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Bulgaria to test civil defence sirens, BG-Alert system on April 1
Tests of Bulgaria’s civil defence siren and voice announcement system and of the BG-Alert system, which sends warnings to mobile
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Hourly labour costs in Bulgaria rose by 13.9% in 2024, still lowest in EU
Hourly labour costs in Bulgaria in 2024 remained the lowest in the European Union, though they had increased by 13.9
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Bulgaria proposes hosting maritime centre for safety of shipping in western Black Sea
Bulgaria is proposing the establishment of a multinational maritime coordination centre to ensure the safety of shipping in the western
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EC opens four new infringement cases against Bulgaria
The European Commission said on March 27 that it opened four new infringement cases against Bulgaria for failing to notify
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