Press releases

In the second quarter of 2012, the municipal authorities have issued building permits for construction of 1 228 residential buildings with 3 557 dwellings, of 41 administrative buildings/offices and 1 288 other buildings. The construction of 683 residential buildings with 2 105 dwellings, of 20 administrative buildings/offices and 579 other buildings has been started.

Similar to statistics of human population, business demography describes the life cycle of the enterprises; their birth, survival and development until death. More specifically business demography supplies data on number of active enterprises, number of newborn enterprises, proportion of survived enterprises and data on changes in employment figures at specific moment in time.

In 2011 were published 369 newspapers with an annual circulation of 373 111 thousands. For the period October 2010 - December 2011, there were published 4 524 books and 554 pamphlets.

Production of unleaded motor gasoline in June 2012 compared to May 2012 increases by 1.9% and electricity - by 1.0%. Decrease is reported for the production of solid fuels by 33.6%, liquefied petroleum gases - by 9.1%, and transport diesel - by 1.4%.

Deliveries of electricity in June 2012 compared to May 2012 increase by 1.4%. Decrease is reported for the deliveries of solid fuels by 32.1%, liquefied petroleum gases - by 14.3%, unleaded motor gasoline - by 6.1%, transport diesel - by 30.9%, and natural gas - by 11.1%.

Producer Price Index on Domestic Market in June 2012 decreased by 0.8% compared to the previous month, while compared to the same month of 2011 the domestic prices grew by 3.3%. Total Producer Price Index fell by 1.2% compared to the previous month; compared to the same month of 2011 the prices went up by 2.3%.

In July 2012 the total business climate indicator increases by 1.1 percentage points compared to its level from the previous month as improvement is registered in industry, construction and retail trade, while in service sector - deterioration.

In June 2012 the number of the trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 361.3 thousand or by 3.7% more than in May 2012 and by 9.9% above the registered in June 2011.

The market price index of the dwellings for the second quarter of 2012 compared to the first quarter of 2012 was 100.2%, i.e. the average increase of the market prices of the dwellings was 0.2 %.

In 2011 the trials ended with penalty inflicted cover 36 707 committed crimes. The number of persons convicted with penalties came into force was 41 013. Compared to 2010 an increase of the number of crimes with penalties inflicted and persons convicted was observed by 3.7% and by 5.0% respectively.

The consumer price index (CPI) in June 2012 compared to May 2012 was 99.0%, i.e. the monthly inflation was -1.0%. The inflation rate since the beginning of the year (June 2012 compared to December 2011) was 0.5%.
The harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) in June 2012 compared to May 2012 was 99.5%, i.e. the monthly inflation was -0.5%. The inflation rate since the beginning of the year (June 2012 compared to December 2011) was 0.7%.