Section: Bulgaria
Bulgaria Ranks Sixth in Europe on the Spread of Measles
The cases in Bulgaria are already over 460 and the expectations are that they will increase. Among the infected persons there are healthcare workers – at the Sofia ”Sveta Anna Hospital” are the most. Over 80% of the infected with measles in our country are non-immune children. Among the affected adults there are 14 unvaccinated...
Comedian and Filmmaker Zelenskiy is the New President of Ukraine
Ukrainian comedy actor Volodymyr Zelenskiy won the presidential election with a crushing lead before the current head of state Petro Poroshenko. This indicates the first predictions of a exit poll announced after the end of the vote. There is still no official data on the outcome of the vote, but the lead for Zelenskiy is significant. According...
Iliana Yotova Talks With Foreign Students of Bulgarian Origin
Vice President Iliana Yotova speaks with foreign students of Bulgarian origin who are studying at Plovdiv University “Paisii Hilendarski” within the Students Laboratory “Prospects for Development with Bulgarian Diploma”. It is another meeting of the Vice President with foreign students of Bulgarian origin, who study in...
Upcoming change in education of youth from Bulgarian communities abroad
It is necessary to change the obsolete decrees regulating the residence and training in this country for young people from the Bulgarian communities abroad, Vice President Iliyana Yotova said. At a meeting at the University of Plovdiv with students from the Western Outlands, Moldova and Ukraine, Yotova assured them that Bulgaria did not regard...
Bulgaria’s individual rhythmic gymnast Katrin Taseva tops 2019 All-Around World Ranking
Bulgaria’s individual rhythmic gymnast Katrin Taseva topped the All-Around World Ranking 2019 after the first two 2019 FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup Series in Pesaro and Sofia. Taseva places 1st with 70 points, followed by Russians Aleksandra Soldatova (50 points) and Dina Averina (50 points). Bulgaria’s young rhythmic gymnastics...
Experts Have Called For a Eeduction in the Politicization of the Energy Sector
To reduce the politicization of the energy sector, experts from Russia, Serbia and Turkey called for a discussion in Sofia on the development of gas projects in the Balkans. During the forum, Bulgartransgaz reported that in the deep-water drilling of the Black Sea near Burgas, there are still no oil and gas. Bulgaria has less than a year to build...
Bulgaria and Romania to build third bridge over Danube
Bulgaria and Romania will turn the first sod of the third bridge over the Danube, Bulgaria’s Premier Boyko Borissov announced. The bridge will connect the Bulgarian town of Svishtov and the Romanian town of Zimnicea. This option was chosen due to the existing local railway link on both sides of the river. According to Professor Marin Rusev...
Bulgarian with 90 kg of Amphetamine Detained in Russia
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSS) broke the pipeline for the supply of amphetamine by road from the Netherlands to Russia and detained a Bulgarian citizen from whom 90 kilograms of this substance was seized. This was announced by the FSF press center quoted by TASS and BTA. The Federal Security Service has conducted a joint operation...
Bulgarian tourism is slipping down the slope of its own success
Bulgarian tourism has shown a steady upward trend over the past four years, reaching a more than 31 percent increase in the number of tourists over this same period. Last year the growth rate, compared to 2017, stood at 4.4 percent, with the overall number of tourists in excess of 9 million – more than the entire population of the country. As of...
430 literary and art works by Bulgarian children living abroad reviving national memory in Veliki Preslav
On April 19, the award ceremony of the first International Forum “Great Preslav – History of a People”, is to be held under the auspices of Vice President Iliyana Yotova. Literary and artistic works by pupils from different parts of Bulgaria and 10 foreign countries, including Kazakhstan, Ukraine, USA, Spain and Macedonia will be...
