FlixBus Expands Routes from Bulgaria: New Connections to Thessaloniki, Athens, and More
FlixBus, the renowned European bus company, is set to launch new routes to and from Bulgaria in anticipation of the summer season
Some 45% of Bulgarian pensioners continue to work, the European Union’s statistics office Eurostat has claimed.
In 2012, the year for which latest EU labor market statistics were available, about 15% of all employed Bulgarian pensioners continued working mainly for financial reasons, while less than 10% did so mainly for non-financial reasons such as job satisfaction.
The percentage of working pensioners is also high in Estonia, where 27% 65 to 69 year olds were employed, Romania at 22.4% and Portugal at 21.7%.
In France only 5.2% of over-65s worked, while in Spain it was 5.9 per cent, and Germany 11.1%.
In Denmark and Luxembourg, pensioners worked for 22 hours per week, and in Norway – 28 hours. Romanian and Greek pensioners work the most – 40 hours weekly. Bulgarians come next with 38 hours per week, followed by Slovakia and Italy – 36 hours, and Cyprus – 34 hours per week.
On average 15.9% of over-65s in the 28 EU countries continued to work.
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