Latest News from Bulgaria

Eurostat: Greece notes a 1.2% rise in job growth

The number of persons employed increased by 0.3% in the euro area and by 0.2% in the EU28 in the second quarter of 2015 compared with the previous quarter, according to national accounts estimates published by Eurostat, the EU statistical body.

Bulgaria to Receive Disaster Aid of EUR 6.3 M

Bulgaria is to receive EUR 6.3 M in EU aid for coping with the damage caused by the floods in January and February 2015.

The aid is part of a EUR 16.3 M package for repairing damage to public and private infrastructure in Bulgaria and Greece caused by the severe weather conditions early in 2015.

Bulgaria is to receive EU aid of EUR 6.3 M, while Greece is to get EUR9.9 M.

2015-16 School Year Starts in Bulgaria

The school year starts today for nearly 758 000 students and 68 891 teachers in 2564 schools across Bulgaria.

September 15, 2015 is the first day of school for around 65 000 first-graders, according to reports of Bulgaria's Education Minister, Todor Tanev, as cited by dnevnik.bg.

Romania Offers Quick Citizenship to Foreign Stars

Justice Minister Robert Cazanciuc said Romania was introducing a simplified citizenship procedure for high-achieving foreigners "with special performances in sports, culture or other areas".

Under the current law, to get Romanian citizenship you must live in the country for at least eight years or be married to a Romanian citizen for at least five years.

Bulgaria Backs Mandatory Refugee Quotas - Interior Minister

Bulgaria unconditionally supports the proposal for mandatory refugee quotas, according to Interior Minister Rumyana Bachvarova.

Speaking Monday ahead of a meeting of EU interior ministers, Bachvarova said that Bulgaria would back such a proposal.

Bulgaria's Consumer Prices Remain Flat in August

Bulgaria recorded zero inflation in August compared to the previous month, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said on Monday.

Year-on-year, consumer price inflation also was zero, the statistical office said in a monthly inflation report.

The inflation rate since the beginning of the year (August 2015 compared to December 2014) was negative at minus 0.3%.

Bulgaria Drops Three Spots in Fraser Institute's Economic Freedom Ranking  

Bulgaria has descended three spots in Fraser Institute's annual Economic Freedom of the World report, ranking 42nd among 157 countries and territories - at par with the Czech Republic, Sweden and Jamaica.

This year's edition of the report is based on 2013 statistics, the most recent year for which data is available. In last year's issue of the report Bulgaria ranked 39th.

Romania Opposes Mandatory EU Refugee Quotas

Romanian Interior Minister Gabriel Oprea said on Monday that Bucharest will reject the European Commission's plan for national quotas for refugees.

"I have a clear mandate from the president and from the prime minister to politely refuse the EC request," Oprea said before leaving for Brussels, where EU interior ministers will hold a meeting on the refugee crisis.

Bulgaria Warns Citizens Against Travel Through Hungary

Bulgaria has warned its citizens to avoid travel by train or road through the territory of Hungary due to concentration of refugees at the country's borders with Austria and Serbia.

The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry recommended to use alternative routes through Romania and Slovakia or via Serbia and Slovenia.

Two Syrian Men Were Attackers of Fellow National Killed in Sofia

Two brothers, both of them Syrian nationals permanently residing in Bulgaria, were the attackers of a 22-year old Syrian migrant who was killed in Sofia on Sunday, BGNES reported.

According to prosecuting authorities, one of the brothers had stabbed the victim to death.

EU Commission Sees Pressing Need to Introduce Binding Migrant Quotas  

The European Commission said on Sunday that Germany's decision to temporarily reintroduce border controls along its border with Austria underlines the urgency for all EU member states to agree on the proposed distribution of migrants under binding quotas.

Business woman arrested for selling all she's got… including sex!

The community of Chalkida, capital of Evia, are shocked by the arrest of a 47-year-old business woman for prostitution. The woman, who operates a well-known clothes store in the center of the town, was arrested in a luxury suite of a well-known hotel in Athens.

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