Emigrants' remittances to Bulgaria increased to 73.7 million euro in March, up by 15% month-on-month, Bulgaria's central bank said.

New passenger car registrations in Bulgaria declined by 1.2% to 5,173 in the first four months of 2013, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association, ACEA, said.

Bulgaria's ten-year government bonds are the best investment option in Europe, an Italian financial expert said, as quoted by the Sofia News Agency (Novinite.com).

Bulgaria's State Enterprise Radioactive Waste (SERAW) invited bids for a seismic qualification upgrade to a building of the country's sole nuclear power plant in Kozloduy, on the Danube, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said.

A local consortium launched the first phase of a 92.9 million levs ($61.1 million/47.5 million euro) project for the construction of a road bypassing the town of Gabrovo, in central Bulgaria, the country's Road Infrastructure Agency said.

Bulgaria's western municipality of Pernik said it has launched a 21.5 million lev ($14.2 million/11 million euro) project for the construction of a regional waste management system.

Bulgaria's April EU-harmonised consumer prices rose 0.9% on the year after going up by 1.6% in March, the National Statistics Institute said.

Bulgaria sold 20 million levs ($13.3 million/10.2 million euro) in seven-year Treasury notes at an average weighted annual yield of 2.45%, the country's central bank said.

Bulgaria's April jobless rate edged down by 0.2 percentage points from the previous month to 11.6%, the country's Employment Agency said.