Statistics

Bulgaria's consumer prices fell 0.6% year-on-year in August, marking the 13th straight month of deflation, official figures showed on Monday.

The drop in consumer prices, however, has slowed down for a third month running, compared to the hefty decline of over 2.5% in February 2014.

The use of the emergency ordinances creates uncertainty, scares the investors and stalls economic growth, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia Hoyt Yee told debates hosted by the Palace of Parliament on Monday.

Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) is so rich (its budget surpasses that of a dozen ministries combined) that it regularly produces data for social and political sciences.

In a poll it carried out last year, its pollsters asked Turks a set of entertaining questions, including:

It is an unchanging topic in Turkey after every election, comparing the actual results with the predictions of pre-election public opinion polls. However, the role of the survey agencies has never triggered such a major debate in any recent election before as they did in the presidential elections held last Sunday, Aug. 10.

The consumer price index in July 2014 compared to June 2014 was 100.4%, i.e. the monthly inflation was 0.4%, Bulgaria’s Statistical Institute latest data indicates.

It is clearly obvious that certain ministers and deputies are trying to appear as though they are on the side of the masses, making populist statements, because they consider it very likely that they will not survive a general election should it happen in the fall.

The designation of the Christian Liberal Alliance (ACL) candidate to Romania's Presidency will take place on August 9-10, but it is very clear that 'on today's counting' Klaus Iohannis is much ahead of Catalin Predoiu, National Liberal Party (PNL) Vice Chairman Teodor Atanasiu told RFI radio broadcaster on Tuesday.

Consumer sentiment in Greece is on the track of improvement but has not yet put the worst past it, a survey by GFK Consumer Climate survey for the second quarter of the year in Europe has shown.

Although the indexes concerning Greece remain in negative territory, the trend has shown a clear improvement since last August.

By Sotiris Nikas

The monthly inflation in May was -0.5% and the consumer price index for the same month was 99.5 %, according to Bulgaria's National Statistical Institute latest data.

The inflation rate since the beginning of the year (May 2014 compared to December 2013) has been -1.0% and the annual inflation in May 2014 compared to May 2013 was -2.0 %.