National Statistical Institute

The domestic demand in Bulgaria is improving and less companies point to its low levels as hampering their functioning.

This is visible from the latest figures of the National Statistical Institute (NSI) for May, weekly Capital reports.

In March 2015, the production of unleaded petrol increased by 127.4% on the month to 166 000 tonnes, according to Bulgaria's National Statistical Institute.

At the same time deliveries of unleaded petrol went up by 22% to 50 000 tonnes on a monthly basis.

Deliveries of unleaded petrol fell by 72.4% on the year.

According to the latest figures of the National Statistical Institute (NSI), which were released on Wednesday, Bulgarians made more business trips and holiday travels abroad in April.

Bulgarians completed 369 000 trips abroad in April, which represented an increase of 14.2 % compared to the same month in 2014.

According to the latest estimates of the Association of Bulgarian Villages, 33 536 people moved to live in the villages in the past year.

Thus, the positive trend for return to village life, which has been registered in the past four years, is maintained.

The number of Bulgarians, who completed tourist trips in the first quarter of 2015, decreased with 15 % compared to the same period last year.

According to preliminary figures of the National Statistical Institute (NSI), which were released on Friday, 578 800 Bulgarians completed tourist trips in the first quarter of 2015.

According to the latest figures of the National Statistical Institute (NSI), which were released on Wednesday, the monthly inflation in Bulgaria stood at 0.7 % in April.

The data showed that the inflation since the beginning of the year stood at 0.9 %, while the annual inflation amounted to 0.5 %.

According to flash estimates of the National Statistical Institute (NSI), which were released on Wednesday, the Bulgarian GDP increased in the first quarter of 2015.

The figures show that GDP registered an increase of 2 % in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the same quarter of 2014.

The index of producer prices in agriculture in the first quarter of 2015 decreased by 5.1% on the year, according to data of Bulgaria's National Statistical Institute (NSI).

The crop output index decreased by 5.6% and the animal output index - by 4.6%.

Bulgaria's Tourism Ministry is preparing legal amendments that will facilitate the construction of ski lifts and facilities, according to Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova.

Angelkova met Monday with representatives of ski resorts, concessionaires of ski lifts and local authorities.

According to preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute (NSI), Bulgarian exports to the EU increased by 12.2 % between January and February 2015 compared to the same period in 2014.

Bulgarian exports to the EU amounted to BGN 4.5 B, the country's main trading partners being Germany, Italy, Romania, Greece, Belgium and France, constituting 69.5 % of exports to the EU.