Social justice

The Office for Labor and Social Affairs of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy organized information days for Bulgarian citizens in Cyprus.

Our compatriots will receive information on the procedures for confirming retirement in the European Union.

Greece's jobless rate rose to 19.2 percent in January-to-March from 18.7 percent in the fourth quarter, data by the country's statistics service ELSTAT showed on Thursday.

Students who graduate in computer science and informatics remain the highest-paid workers in the country, a reporter at BGNews reported. The average salary in the sector is about 2400 leva. The lowest paid professionals are students graduating in music and dance arts, who receive an average of about BGN 800, according to a BIA survey.

Greece's jobless rate eased to 18.1 percent in March from a downwardly revised 18.4 percent in the previous month, data from the country's statistics service ELSTAT showed on Thursday.

At the beginning of June, 28 regional programs will be launched, reported NOVA TV. 

Expectations of another good year in tourism are illustrated by developments in the domestic labor market as recorded in the April hirings data of the Ergani database and the employment figures of the Manpower Organization (OAED).

The average monthly number of unemployed persons registered in Labor Bureau Directorates for 2018 is 202 994, reported NOVA TV. 

As a result of the work of the Labor Offices in 2018, 229,089 registered unemployed people started work, of which 16.1%, or 36,936, are long-term unemployed.

Greece's jobless rate eased to 18.5 percent in February from an upwardly revised 18.6 percent in the previous month, data from the country's statistics service ELSTAT showed on Thursday.
February's unemployment rate was the lowest reading since July 2011.

Greece's unemployment rate was 18.5 percent in January, slightly up from 18.4 percent in December, yet down from 20.6 percent in January 2018, Eurostat said in a report released Tuesday.

Venezuela continues this year to head the Bloomberg rating for "the most miserable economies in the world," but three of the top ten are neighbors of Bulgaria.

Turkey ranks fourth, Greece - fifth, and Serbia is the tenth.