National Statistical Institute

Bulgaria's business climate climate indicator has advanced by 1.3 percentage points in August  compared to July, mainly due to improved managers' opinions in industry and retail trade, the country's statistical office announced on Friday.

Bulgarians made 528 604 trips abroad in July, which represented an increase of 16.5 % compared to the same month in 2014.

This is shown by the latest figures of the National Statistical Institute (NSI), which were released on Thursday.

There was an increase in the number of trips made by Bulgarians to the UK, Turkey, Greece, Germany, France, Serbia, Spain, Italy and Austria

A total of 810,100 Bulgarian nationals made tourist trips in the second quarter of 2015, a decrease of 5.1% compared to the same period of last year, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said on Friday.

The statistics doesn't cover Bulgarian residents younger than 15 years.

Bulgaria's population could fall to just over 5 million by the last quarter of this century, taking it back to the same population level that the country had in 1920.

The alarming forecast comes from the country's National Statistical Institute, which is studying the Balkan country's demographic prospects.

The population of Bulgaria could decrease by two million people, dropping to a total of five million people in 2070.

A pessimistic forecast of the National Statistical Institute (NSI) on the demographic outlook of Bulgaria until 2070 shows that the population of Bulgaria could be only 4.9 million people in 2070.

In the second quarter of the year, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Bulgaria increased by 2.2 % compared to the same quarter in 2014.

The GDP, which exceeded BGN 20.9 B, recorded a growth of 0.4 % compared to the first quarter of the year.

This is revealed by the flash estimates of the National Statistical Institute, which were released on Friday.

The index of consumer prices in July stood at 99.8 % compared to June, meaning that there was a monthly deflation of 0.2 %.

The deflation since the beginning of the year has stood at 0.3 %, while the annual inflation was 0.2 %.

This is revealed by the latest figures of the National Statistical Institute (NSI), which were released on Wednesday.

Bulgaria's industrial production index rose by a seasonally adjusted 0.6% month-on-month in June, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said on Monday.

Compared with the June 2014 level, the index was 5.7% higher, the NSI said, citing preliminary data.

Exports from Bulgaria to other EU member states increased by 12.2% between January and May compared to the same period of last year, according to preliminary data from the national statistics body.

The total volume amounted to BGN 11.6 B, with Germany, Italy, Romania, Greece, Belgium and France remaining the country's main trade partners.

Veteran International Monetary Fund statistician Andreas Georgiou was appointed head of Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) in 2010 in an effort to restore credibility to Greek statistics after the debt crisis erupted. On Sunday, he stepped down, informing Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos of his decision not to accept the extension of his term effective on that day.