The number of first graders this school year is down by around 1,000 compared to last year, said Deputy Minister of Education Diyan Stamatov for the Bulgarian news agency BTA.
He added that the greatest number of first graders were in the city of Sofia (over 12,000), followed by Plovdiv and Varna; bottom of the list are Vidin and Gabrovo. Diyan Stamatov stated that the tendency of a shortage of teachers in mathematics, computer sciences and foreign languages continues, though now there is a shortage of physical education teachers as well.
Although the Danube Bridge is currently undergoing repairs on the Bulgarian side, thanks to good coordination, traffic on it has not only not decreased, but has even increased by 24-25% for cars, and is also increasing for trucks. The repair..
Bulgaria's Nia Parusheva, a pupil from the 26th Secondary School ''Yordan Yovkov'' in Sofia, has won an individual medal for outstanding performance at the one-week training camp Space Camp Turkiye. In a press release from the Center for..
A 7% rise in the number of tourists coming to Sofia has been registered during the first quarter of 2024. On a yearly basis, there is an increase of 15% for 2023, which exceeds even pre-pandemic levels. These optimistic data motivated the city’s..
Until the end of August , t he exhibition “The wonders of nature: from seed to forest” is on display at the Natural History Museum in the village of..
More than 70 vintage cars from Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia were shown at the 8 th edition of Vintage Vehicles Vidin 2024. The parade, which is..
The traditional festival takes place today in the locality Haydushka Polyana in the Tvurditsa portion of the Balkan Range. Visitors to the event will be..
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