Gross Domestic Product for the First Quarter of 2014 (preliminary data)
According to the seasonally adjusted data, the GDP growth rate in the first quarter of 2014 is 1.2% compared with the same quarter of 2013.
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Crimes Concluded with Penalty Inflicted and Persons Convicted in Second Semester of 2013 (preliminary data)
According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute for the second semester of 2013, the trials ended with inflicted penalty covered 13 274 committed crimes.
The number of accused persons in second half of 2013 was 16 974.
The number of persons convicted with penalties came into force amounted to 14 570, while 777 of them were Juveniles aged 14 - 17 years, that presents 5.3% of the total number of convicted persons.
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In-patient, Out-patient and Other Health Care Establishments as of 31.12.2013 (preliminary data)
According to the preliminary data of the NSI the number of health establishments for hospital aid as of 31.12.2013 was 342 with 49 522 beds. 316 of them were hospitals with 46 804 beds. The number of out-patient health establishments was 1 885 with 980 beds and other health establishments were 145 - 3 132 beds in them.
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Production and Deliveries of Energy Products, March 2014
In March 2014 compared to February 2014 an increase of the production of natural gas by 11.1% is reported. At the same time a decrease of the production of solid fuels - by 23.6%, and electricity - by 6.4% is reported. Significant drop is observed in the production of petroleum products, which is due to planned repair of production capacities done in March 2014, as unleaded motor gasoline decreases by 97.5% and transport diesel - by 88.6%. No production of liquefied petroleum gases is reported.
In March 2014 compared to February 2014 an increase of the deliveries of liquefied petroleum gases by 36.4% is reported. At the same time a decrease of the deliveries of solid fuels - by 23.3%, unleaded motor gasoline - by 9.4%, transport diesel - by 14.9%, natural gas - by 5.4%, and electricity - by 2.9% is reported.
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Producer Price Indices in Industry, April 2014
Producer Price Index on Domestic Market in April 2014 declined by 0.2% compared to the previous month, while compared to the same month of 2013 the domestic prices fell by 0.9%. Total Producer Price Index decreased by 0.1% compared to the previous month, while compared to the same month of 2013 the prices fell by 2.1%.
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Goods and Passengers Carried and Transport Performance by Mode of Transport in the First Quarter of 2014 (preliminary data)
According to preliminary data during the first quarter of 2014 in comparison with the same period of 2013 an increase by 19.7% in the transported goods by land and water transport was observed, while the transport performance has fallen by 13.1%.
Compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous year a decrease was observed both in the number of transported passengers and the transport performance of the passenger transport by 10.6% and 4.9%, respectively.
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Business Conjuncture, May 2014
In May 2014 the total business climate indicator increases by 4.3 percentage points compared to its level from the previous month due to the more favourable managers’ opinions from all observed sectors - industry, construction, retail trade and service sector.
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Trips of Bulgarian Residents Abroad and Arrivals of Visitors from Abroad to Bulgaria in April 2014
In April 2014, the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 323.6 thousand or by 4.6% above the registered in April 2013. The trips with other purposes (as guest, education and visit the cultural and sport events) composed the greatest share of the total number of trips of Bulgarian residents abroad - 48.1%, followed by the trips with holiday and recreation purpose - 27.2%, and with professional purpose - 24.7%.
In April 2014, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 484.5 thousand which was by 3.7% above the level of April 2013. An increase was registered in the visits with holiday and recreation purpose, and with other purposes - by 7.2 and 2.6% respectively, while these with professional purpose decreased by 0.6%.
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Tourist Trips and Tourism-related Expenditure of the Population in First Quarter of 2014 (preliminary data)
In the first quarter of 2014, 684.7 thousand Bulgarian residents made tourist trips. The majority (84.0%) of them travelled only within the country, 12.8% - only abroad and 3.2% - both in the country and abroad. Compared to the same quarter of 2013 the total number of the travelled persons aged 15 and over rose by 24.4%, as an increase was observed in the number of the Bulgarian residents travelled in the country - by 24.6%, as well as in the number of persons travelled abroad - by 23.4%.
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Annual Statistical Surveys in the Field of Culture for 2013 - Main Results
The number of cultural institutions functioning in Bulgaria as of 31.12.2013 was:
• 187 museums with museum collection of 7 456 thousand units.
• 75 theatres, performed 14 463 performances and visited by 2 178 thousand viewers.
• 58 music formations.
• 47 libraries with library collection over 200 thousand library units.
• 40 cinemas with 157 screens.
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