Economics

A total of 46% of Bulgarians aged 15 years and above have been employed in 2013, according to Bulgaria's National Statistical Institute.

Bulgarians in Germany who are unable to find a job amount to 10 000, according to data revealing migration trends of EU citizens.

The share of unemployed Europeans in the country has gone up 5.3% over the past year, German website Local.de has reported.

Bulgaria is ranked sixth in the world in terms of mortality rates in CIA's World Factbook for March 2014, published on the website of the agency.

Additional bailout funding on the way to Greece

Greek industry has been so cash-starved that it is unable to fully capitalize on the increase in domestic and international demand and the gradual return of credibility in the Greek economy. In the absence of cash reserves, manufacturing companies are unable to purchase raw materials, hire additional employees or deliver orders in a timely manner.

Greek gambling monopoly OPAP posted a bigger-than-expected drop in its 2013 net profit, hurt by a new tax the country imposed on the firm to help plug its budget shortfall.

Greece slapped a 30 percent levy on OPAP’s gross gaming revenue last year to meet the terms of its 237-billion-euro international bailout.

Coast guard officials rescued 41 would-be migrants off the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos on Tuesday.

The migrants were crammed into a vessel that was half-full of water, according to coast guard sources who gave no details about the migrants’ ethnic origins.

By Nikos Chrysoloras

The Greek government, approaching the end of a second international bailout that has kept it afloat since 2010, plans a return to markets by selling 2 billion euros of bonds, three officials said.

Greece will start receiving its next 8.3 billion euros ($11.4 billion) in bailout loans at the end of the month, eurozone finance ministers said Tuesday, citing progress after "many painful years" of reforms.

Unemployment rates in Bulgaria recorded a minimal 0.1% drop in February to 12.1%, according to latest data published by Eurostat.