Latest News from Bulgaria

Bulgaria Records Sizeable Y/Y Drop in Jobless Rate in February 2015

Bulgaria marked one of biggest year-on-year falls in unemployment rate in the EU in February 2015, official statistics showed on Tuesday.

The EU-28 unemployment rate was 9.8% in February, down from 9.9% in the prior month and from 10.5% in February 2014.

Bulgarian Police Arrest 13 Customs Officers

As many as 11 customs office employees and three border police officials have been detained at Bulgaria's Kapitan Andreevo border crossing on Monday evening, Interior Ministry Chief Secretary Georgi Kostov has confirmed.

Chinese Investors Interested in Getting Concession on Bulgaria's Plovdiv Airport

Chinese investors are interested in obtaining a concession contract for Plovdiv Airport and turning it into a logistics hub for Europe and Asia, according to Bulgaria's Economy Minister Bozhidar Lukarski.

Lukarski met Tuesday with a representative of Hainan Longquanren Century Invest and Development Co, according to the press office of the Economy Ministry.

Bulgarian Living in US Detained over Death Threats on EU Officials

A Bulgarian man living in Houlton, US ha been accused of sending emails containing death threats to "a member of the European Commission", local media reports suggest.

According to The Sun Journal, Dushko Detelinov Vulchev, 38, allegedly wrote an email "to a Bulgarian economist and administrator who is a member of the European Commission".

Bulgaria Invested EUR 1.8 Abroad in Last Ten Years

Italy and Romania are Bulgaria's top preferred destination for transborder investment, estimates of the business news website Investor.bg show.

The data is based on the yearly statistics produced by the central bank BNB.

Bulgaria's Gorna Arda Hydropower Complex Project Not Frozen

The Gorna Arda hydropower complex project has not been frozen despite the fact that the launch of construction works has been delayed for almost a year, according to Werner Casagrande, Chairperson of the Management Board of Hydropower Company Gorna Arda AD.

Major effort under way after floods in Serres

Local authorities, residents and members of the armed forces in Serres, northern Greece, worked together on Monday in an effort to limit the damage caused by the Strymonas River, which broke its banks on Sunday, flooding thousands of hectares of farmland.

Serbian parliamentary delegation starts visit to Bulgaria

SOFIA - A delegation of the Serbian parliamentary headed by Chairman of its European Integration Committee Aleksandar Senic begun their two-day visit to Bulgaria.

Senic told Tanjug that they would meet with Bulgaria's officials to talk about the country's experiences in accession negotiations and discuss cross-border cooperation.

Another Six Pelicans Die at Bulgaria's Srebarna Nature Reserve

Six pelicans have been found dead at the Srebarna nature reserve in northeastern Bulgaria on Monday, BTA news agency reported.

The cause of the death wasn't immediately known.

The find takes to 27 the dead bodies of pelicans found in the nature reserve, a World Heritage Site located on a freshwater lake of 900 hectares on the border with Romania.

Bulgaria Had Lowest Hourly Labor Costs in EU in 2014, at EUR 3.8

Bulgaria remained the EU Member State with the lowest hourly labor costs in 2014, according to Eurostat data.

Bulgaria's hourly labor costs increased by 2.7% to EUR 3.8 per hour in 2014, against an annual increase of 1.1% registered in the euro area and an annual increase of 1.4% recorded in the EU-28.

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