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
Euronews
One in five Bulgarians live in poverty earning less than the equivalent of 120 euros per month. One in three young Bulgarians can not find work while private companies have accumulated alarmingly high debts preventing growth.
Electricity bills have soared. There have been street protests across the country demonstrating against low incomes and corruption forcing the government to resign. In the last three months six people have died after setting themselves on fire in public.
Elections will be held next month. Can the new government bring hope back to the people? The country is financially stable but the bill is paid by the poorest of the poor, in a currency called hardship and daily suffering.
Reporter meets a family who have lost their father after he set himself on fire in front of the mayor of his local town. The program hears of the plight of two mothers who do not have enough money to pay their electricity bills.
Euronews reporter Hans von der Brelie interviewed social anthropologist Haralan Aleksandrov, professor at the New Bulgarian University in Sofia. The interview includes questions on the ongoing social and political crisis in the country, the mass demonstrations of early 2013 and the series of self immolations that have shocked the country.
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German businesses prefer to trade with Bulgaria rather than invest into the country, an article on DW Bulgaria's website argues.
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