Press releases

In May 2011 the total business climate indicator preserves its level from the previous month, as the inquiry registers a worsening of the business conjuncture only in industry.

In April 2011, the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents in abroad was 344.9 thousand or 1.4% more than the number of the trips in April 2010. In April 2011, the number of arrivals of visitors from abroad to Bulgaria was 537.2 thousand or 3.3% more than the number of trips in the corresponding month of 2010.

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistical Institute for the second semester of 2010, the number of persons convicted with penalties come into force amounted to 16 052 as in comparison with the same period of 2009 a decrease by 5.5% is observed (See Annex).

The number of accused person is 18 408. At the same time the number of persons with effective sentence of conviction amounted to 9 793 (53.2% of the total number of convicted persons. Conditionally sentenced are 6 259 persons that presents 34.0% of the total number of accused persons.

In second semester of 2010 the trials ended with inflicted penalty cover 14 341 committed crimes that are by 7.8% more in comparison with the same period of 2009.

In the first quarter of 2011 the employment rate of population aged 15 - 64 recorded a fall by 1.5 percentage points compared to the first quarter of 2010 and stood at 57.3%. For the same period the unemployment rate went up by 1.8 percentage points to 12.0%.

According to preliminary data during the first quarter of 2011 in comparison with the corresponding period in 2010 аn increase at goods carriages in transport was observed. The goods carried increased by 29.1% and the transport performance in tonnekilometres by 16.2%. In comparison with corresponding period in the previous year a decrease was observed, both in transported passengers and in the transport performance by 6.9 and 4.6%, respectively.

Statistical surveys conducted by the National Statistical Institute are providing information on activities of museums, theaters, libraries, cinemas, radio and television programs and film productions. Main indicators and coverage are designed in accordance with methodological requirements of UNESCO and Eurostat.

The index of producer prices in agriculture increases by 22.0% in the first quarter of 2011 as compared to the same quarter 2010. Increases were registered in the crop production by 54.7%, and in the livestock – by 10.1% compared with the corresponding quarter of previous year.

The index of prices of means of production used in agriculture in the first quarter of 2011 is 11.4% above the same quarter of 2010.

In the first quarter of 2011, 2 041 accommodation establishments - hotels, motels, camping sites, mountain chalets and other establishments for short-term accommodation with more than 10 bed places were functioned in the country.
The total number of the nights spent in all accommodation establishments in the first quarter of 2011 was 1 558.6 thousand and rose by 63.7 thousand (4.3%) compared to same period of 2010.

By preliminarily data, 539.5 thousand Bulgarian residents were travelled to the country or abroad in the first quarter of 2011. A person of 15 years and over spent on the average 165.2 BGN for its private domestic trip and 479.1 BGN for outbound trip.

According to the seasonally adjusted data, the GDP growth rate in the first quarter of 2011 is 0.4%, compared with the fourth quarter of 2010 and 2.5%, compared with the same quarter of the previous year.