Preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute (NSI) for the third quarter of 2019 indicate that the total hourly labor cost rose by 10.0% compared […]
Month: December 2019
Five Companies In The Race For Belene NPP
Five companies have been shortlisted for negotiations on the Belene Nuclear Power Plant project, Bulgarian Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova told Parliament’s Energy Committee on December 19. Three of them, […]
Volkswagen Plant Will Be In Plovdiv, Not In Turkey, The City’s Deputy Mayor Believes
There is no final decision of the Volkswagen Group where it will make its new plant, but we see that the construction in Turkey has not started yet, Deputy Mayor Stefan […]
NSI: Economic Accounts For Agriculture For 2019
According to the first estimate of Economic Accounts for Agriculture, the final output at basic prices of the agricultural industry in 2019 amounted to BGN 8,318.0 million, or […]
Trade Between Bulgaria And Canada Has Increased Since The Signing Of CETA
Deputy Economy Minister Liliya Ivanova met Kevin Hamilton, Canada’s ambassador accredited to Bulgaria, who is based in Bucharest, Romania, the Economy Ministry said. The two discussed trade and economic […]
BDZ Trains To Be Repaired By A French Company
BDZ Trains to be Repaired by the French Company Alstom Transport SA. The Bulgarian State Railways signed a contract for the repair and maintenance of its Siemens electric and diesel […]
Starting January 1, The Minimum Wage In Bulgaria Increases To BGN 610
The minimum wage will rise to BGN 610 from January 1, 2020. Its amount will increase by BGN 50 or 8.9% compared to this year, the government decided. The […]
Boeing Is Halting Production Of An Aircraft Related To The Crashes In Indonesia And Ethiopia
Boeing is temporarily halted production of the 737 MAX in January, NOVA reports. In the nine months during which the flights of these aircraft were halted due to […]
NSI: The Inflation For November Was 0.5%
The consumer price index in November 2019 was 100.5% compared to October 2019, i.e. the monthly inflation was 0.5%, the National Statistical Institute said in a press release. The inflation rate […]
Which Were The EU’s Busiest Passenger Airports 2018?
London/Heathrow remained the EU’s busiest passenger airport in 2018, with 80 million passengers handled, slightly up (+3%) compared with 2017. Paris/Charles de Gaulle (72 million, +4%), Amsterdam/Schiphol […]