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The Republic of Bulgaria re-establishes one of the oldest nation states in Europe and is located in South-eastern Europe, bordering five other countries, namely Romania, Serbia, Macedonia, Greece and Turkey. The country borders the Black Sea to the east.

After World War II, Bulgaria became a communist member of the Eastern Bloc. In 1990, the Communist party gave up its monopoly on power and Bulgaria became a parliamentary democracy with a free-market economy. Bulgaria has been a member of the European Union since 2007. It has a population of almost 8 million. Sofia as the capital and is the country’s largest city. Bulgaria joined the United Nations in 1955 and NATO in 2004.

The World Bank classifies Bulgaria as an "upper-middle-income economy" and the country has experienced rapid economic growth in recent years. But the country is still the poorest member state of the EU.

Bulgaria's economy contracted dramatically after 1989 and the standard of living fell by almost 40%, and only achieved pre-1990 levels again in mid 2004. United Nations sanctions against Yugoslavia and Iraq damaged the Bulgarian economy.
Agricultural output had decreased since the late 1980’s and then production has grown again in recent years. Together with derivative industries such as food-processing, agriculture plays a key role in the economy: arable farming predominates over live stock-breeding. The most important crops are arable such as wheat, sunflower, maize, barley, potatoes and tobacco; fruit such as grapes (especially for wine) cherries, watermelons, apples, plums and strawberries and vegetables such as tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers.

Industry plays an important role in the Bulgarian economy. The country lacks large reserves of oil and gas but it produces significant quantities of electricity.

Ferrous metal production has major importance: steel and pig iron take place in Kremikovtsi, and Pernik. The largest refineries for lead and zinc operate in Plovdiv, Kardzhali and Novi Iskar; for copper in Pirdop and Eliseina; for aluminium in Shumen.

Electronics and electric equipment-production have developed in recent years. The largest centres include Sofia, Plovdiv and the surrounding area, Botevgrad, Stara Zagora, Varna, Pravets and many other cities. These plants produce household appliances, computers, CDs, telephones, medical and scientific equipment.

Other factories produce trains (Burgas, Dryanovo), trams (Sofia), trolleys (Dupnitsa), buses (Botevgrad), trucks (Shumen) and cars (Lovech).

Ruse is the main centre for agricultural machinery.

Shipbuilding takes place in Varna, Burgas and Ruse.

Arms production mainly operates in Kazanlak, Sopot, Karlovo.

Bulgaria has enjoyed a substantial growth in income from international tourism over the past decade. Bulgaria now attracts close to 7 million visitors yearly. Beach-resorts attract tourists from Germany, Russia, Scandinavia, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The ski-resorts are a favourite destination for British and Irish tourists: Samokov, Borovets, Bansko and Pamporovo are well-attended. Foreigners seeking holiday homes have boosted the Bulgarian properties market. Buyers have come from across Europe and mostly from the United Kingdom: property prices are relatively low and the country is readily accessible by air-travel.

Summer resorts exist on the Black Sea at Sozopol, Nessebur, Golden Sands, Sunny Beach, Sveti Vlas, Albena, Saints Constantine and Helena and many others.

Spa resorts such as Bankya, Hisarya, Sandanski, Velingrad, Varshets and many others attract visitors throughout the year. Bulgaria has started to become an attractive tourist destination because of the quality of the resorts and prices below those found in Western Europe.

Some multinational companies have set up regional offices notably Hewlett-Packard, which built its Global Service Centre for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) in Sofia.

Telecommunications has become one of the growing industries in the country. Bulgarians in towns can access the Internet, and recently many villages have acquired fast connectivity and VoIP.

The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the leading scientific institution in the country, employs most of Bulgaria's researchers working in its numerous branches.

Bulgaria hosts two major astronomical observatories: the Rozhen Observatory, the largest in South-eastern Europe, and the Belogradchik Observatory with three telescopes.

Bulgaria occupies a unique and strategically important geographic location. Since ancient times, the country has served as a major crossroads between Europe, Asia and Africa. Five of the ten Trans-European corridors run through its territory. Several motorways are planned, under construction or partially built: Trakiya, Hemus, Cherno More, Struma, Maritza and Lyulin. Bulgaria has 4,000 miles of railway track of which more than 60% is electrified.

Air transportation has developed rapidly and Bulgaria has five official international airports, at Sofia, Burgas, Varna, Plovdiv and Gorna Oryahovitsa and domestic airports at Vidin, Pleven, Silistra, Targovishte, Stara Zagora, Kardzhali, Haskovo and Sliven.

The ports of Varna and Burgas are by far the most important. Other than Burgas, Sozopol, Nesebar and Pomorie are big fishing ports. The largest ports on the Danube River are Rousse and Lom which serves the capital.

Bulgarian cities and many smaller towns have well-organised public transport systems, using buses, trolleys as well as trams in Sofia.

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