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The Low Cost FlixBus Adds New Direct Lines from Bulgaria
Аs of August, Europe's largest international bus service provider, FlixBus, is adding new routes to its network and doubling the number of countries that can be reached directly from Bulgaria.
Greece has most motorcycle deaths per million in EU
Greece has the highest rate of motorcyclist deaths among the European Union's 28 member-states, according to the most recent data from the EU's statistics service Eurostat.
Specifically, according to figures from 2017, Greece had 20.1 deaths per million inhabitants in that year, just above Malta with 20 deaths per million.
Eurostat: Nearly 230,000 People from the Balkans Have Moved to the EU
Last year, 228,000 citizens of the Western Balkans moved to European Union countries. This is shown by data from the European Statistical Office (Eurostat), Macedonian news agency Makfax reports.
Bulgaria Ranks 9th in the EU in Forest Areas
Eurostat data show that almost 44,7% of the territory of Bulgaria is covered with forests.
In the 2012-2015 period the forest area in Bulgaria has increased by 2,6%, BNR reported. With these numbers Bulgaria ranks 9th in the EU in forest territories.
Bulgaria Among the EU Champions for the Smallest Number of Foreigners
Of the 512 million people living in the EU in 2018, 7.8% are with nationality different from their than their country of residence: 3.4% are with nationality from another EU Member State and 4.4% are from non-EU country. These shares vary from one Member State to another.
Luxury is Multi-dimensional: Slovenian Individuality and Rarity as Luxury
In an interview years ago, you told me that "luxury tourism is a perfect combination of ambiance, service and destination attractions. It is the ultimate tourist experience. " Do you agree? Can Slovenia offer our guests a five-star experience?
Five Star Slovenian Traditional Cuisine
Do we have five-star cuisine in Slovenia and which Slovenian restaurants do you reckon belong to this category? What is it that makes five-star cuisine?
Mass renouncing of the citizenship of so-called Kosovo
A total of 5,481 people had renounced their Kosovo citizenship in 2018, a majority of them now living in Germany, Austria and Slovenia.
The Lowest Average Wage in the Western Balkans Is in North Macedonia, Bulgaria Ranks on the Third Place
The highest average monthly salary in the Western Balkans this year is in Slovenia - EUR 1,113, while the lowest is in Macedonia, where the average monthly salary amounts to EUR 413, "New Macedonia" Newspaper wrote, according to the FOCUS News Agency.
Woman Wins 4,000-km Bulgaria-France Bike race after Sleeping by Road
A cyclist from Germany won a 4,000-kilometre race from Bulgaria to France and became the first woman to triumph at the endurance event, reports Euronews.
Fiona Kolbinger crossed the finish line to win the seventh edition of the Transcontinental Race on Tuesday morning.
Bulgaria's Hydro Power Plant Sestrimo Starts Planned 16-month Maintenance
Hydropower plant (HPP) Sestrimo has shut down one of its two units for planned maintenance works which are expected to last 16 months, the Independent Bulgarian Energy Exchange (IBEX) said, reports Renewables Now.
The 120 MW unit was shut down on July 22 and is expected to be reconnected to the grid on November 22, 2020, IBEX said in a notice on Friday.
Eurostat: 12.5% of the Bulgarian Women Give Birth for the First Time before they Turn 20
In the European Union (EU) in 2017, the majority of first births (92%) were to women aged between 20 and 39 years old. A further 4% of first births were to women aged below 20, while another 4% were to women aged 40 or over.
1 in 8 first children born to mothers aged below 20 in Bulgaria and Romania
Empowerment of Consumers Drives Changes in Energy Markets
Dr. Nevenka Hrovatin, Professor of Economics at University of Ljubljana's Faculty of Economics, reveals the main challenges in energy markets and highlights the best practices from both Slovenia and the region while emphasizing that Slovenia should increase its ambition in the heating and cooling sector.
Bosnians Protest Against Croatia’s Nuclear Waste Disposal Plan
Bosnians gathered in front of the Croatian embassy in Sarajevo on Monday, protesting over possible plans being mulled by neighbouring Croatia to build a landfill site for radioactive waste at Trgovska Gora, near the border with Bosnia.
Britain's black farce offers lessons to Slovenia
In the latest episode: a tiny and utterly unrepresentative electorate of elderly, middle-class right-wingers chooses whether the country should be led by an adulterous serial liar - or an opportunistic geography dunce. Comedy does not get much darker than that.