Bulgaria ranks after Croatia but before Romania in terms of quality of life

Bulgaria and Romania hardly approach the other EU countries in their development. They remain closer to the other Balkan countries in terms of economic state, quality of life, level of democracy and state governance, shows the Catch-up Index, developed by experts of the Open Society Institute. The index compares Bulgaria with the other EU member-states and the candidates for EU membership: Croatia, Iceland, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Turkey, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina. "Our country occupies the 28th position after Croatia, but is before Romania in terms of the four main criteria - state of the economy, quality of life, democracy and governance," said Asya Kavrakova, an expert at the Open Society Institute when presenting an analysis on Bulgaria`s EU membership and the competitiveness of our country`s economy...