Cyberattacks Enter Top 10 Risks for Bulgarian Businesses in 2025
Businesses in Bulgaria have identified cyberattacks as a growing concern, placing them among the top 10 risks for the first time in 2025
Some 8 thousand young people up to 29 years will be employed by Bulgarian businesses with money from the state by the end of the year under the youth employment program.
The funds will be reimbursed by Brussels later, Bulgarian National Radio informs. Businesses have applied for the employment of 22 000 young people, however due to the current budget limitations, expenses have been cut down, caretaker Minister of Labor and Social Policy Yordan Hristoskov explained after the government adopted and sent for approval in Brussels the new OP Human Resources Development.
Now the goal of the caretaker government is to keep unemployment levels in check at the end of the tourist season, BNR notes.
In 2024, labor inspectors in Bulgaria carried out a total of 6,682 inspections in the construction sector, representing 13% of the overall 49,858 inspections conducted across all industries
According to a study presented to MPs by Prof. Emilia Chengelova, from the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the shadow (grey/informal) economy in Bulgaria remains high at 33%
A recent survey by digital payments company Visa reveals that most Bulgarians planning a winter vacation prefer to pay digitally at ski resorts
the last quarter of 2024, the proportion of properties purchased with mortgage loans in Bulgaria grew to 27%, or roughly every third property
Bulgaria's labor market remained stagnant throughout 2024
Retail sales across the European Union showed a decline in December, with both the eurozone and the EU reporting decreases
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