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It turns out we are the first in the EU by the number of women working in the IT sector, as well as the number of girls studying information technology, according to Eurostat. 

In our country, 26.5% of IT specialists are ladies. Secondly, Romania and Lithuania are ranked at 25.7 per cent. At the same time, the share in Hungary and the Czech Republic is below 10 percent.

Serbia's defense minister blasted NATO's top general on Monday for saying that one of the biggest threats for Europe is increasing Russian influence in the Balkans, and the biggest problem are Serbs.

In January 2018, Bulgaria had the lowest minimum wage in the European Union, 261 euros, followed by Lithuania with 400 euros and Romania with 408 euros, according to Eurostat, published today.

Bulgaria ranks fourth in the European Union by number of intentional killings. This is the latest Eurostat data for 2016, according to News.bg.

The US has approved the sale of 200 offensive and defensive missiles to Finland, which is not a member of NATO and borders with Russia, the State Department said.

39.2% of Bulgarians could not keep their homes warm, according to a Eurostat survey for 2016. By this indicator, the country is in the worst position in the EU because the largest share of its population fails to secure its heating in the cold months of the year. For comparison, on average, 8.7% of citizens in the EU can not afford normal heating.

Bulgaria is among the member states of the European Union (EU) with the strongest employment growth in the third quarter of the year compared to the second three months. This is the data of the European statistical office Eurostat, published today.

Bulgaria is one of the countries in the EU with the oldest aircraft in civil aviation, according to data from the Eurostat statistical office for 2015.

European indoor and world pole vault champion Katerina Stefanidi has been crowned female European Athlete of the Year at the Golden Tracks in Vilnius! “This award is an honour for both me and Greece and I hope it brings more young people to the sport”, Katerina said while receiving her prize.

German armed forces reduces the number of soldiers participating in NATO's trainings in eastern Europe this year. According to information from Germany, this is due to the long-term deployment of some 1,000 NATO troops in the Baltic countries and Poland. Only in Lithuania, Germany has 450 soldiers.