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12.04.2024Vocational education mainly prepares cooks and auto technicians

Vocational education covers about half of all high school students and is offered in every district of the country and about 4/5 of all municipalities.

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01.04.2024Which Industries and Regions have the highest labor demand

And in 2023, the demand for labor remains high, but highly unevenly distributed between the individual regions of the country and the various professions.

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27.03.2024Districts in 2022 – strong post-pandemic growth, but deep inequalities remain

In 2022, the regions return to rapid economic growth led by manufacturing and energy. Investment activity is also accelerating in most parts of the country, but deep inequalities in the degree of economic development remain, and different growth rates threaten to further widen the gap between regions.

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20.03.2024Presentation of Regional Profiles: Indicators of Development 2023 (English edition)

On March 20, 2024, the IME presented the English version of "Regional Profiles: Indicators of developments - 2023" to embassies and bilateral chambers in Sofia. Interest was high again. We presented the general economic situation, regional challenges and some regional data on the performance of the justice system by location.

On March 20, 2024, the IME presented the English version of "Regional Profiles: Indicators of developments" - 2023" to embassies and bilateral chambers in Sofia. Interest was high again. We presented the general economic situation, regional challenges and some regional data on the performance of the justice system by location.

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  • The data on municipal level from our sister projects:
  • https://265obshtini.bg/
  • https://dvenasto.bg/

 

The project "Regional Profiles: Development Indicators" is implemented with the support of the “America for Bulgaria” Foundation

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15.03.2024Five trends for the municipalities of Pleven and Lovech

The municipalities of Pleven and Lovech are recovering relatively quickly from the economic crisis, under the influence of the positive dynamics of industry and agriculture. However, the labor market is lagging behind, with high unemployment and low employment. Education in the region remains at a lower level, and demographic dynamics continue to be markedly negative.

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05.02.2024Energy and Manufacturing Pull Regions Forward in 2022

NSI publishes data on the economic development of districts in 2022 The unprecedented growth of Stara Zagora, due to the energy crisis and the subsequent increase in demand and prices for electricity produced in the region, as well as the stable development of regions with a strong manufacturing industry, such as Plovdiv and Sofia (region), come to the fore. At the same time, there is a new realignment among the regions with the least development.

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30.01.2024Sofia Municipality is too dependent on the Property Market

In 2024, Bulgaria's economy is expected to grow by nearly BGN 15 billion and reach over BGN 205 billion. This is 7.7% nominal growth, the result of both real growth and inflation. The growth of the economy and inflation also bring more revenues to the state treasury - the revenues of the national budget alone (excluding EU funds) are expected to increase by nearly BGN 5 billion. In recent years, about 42% of the country's economy has been concentrated in Sofia.

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Shumen district - growing employment and fast administration of justice, but poor education and little tourism 30.05.2025

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