On 1 January 2015 people aged over 80 in Bulgarian numbered a little over 331,000 or around 4.6 percent of the population, a Eurostat analysis shows. In the space of ten years the number of Bulgarians aged over 80 has gone up by almost 87,000. According to National Statistical Institute forecasts in 50 years’ time the number of 80 to 99 year olds will have gone up by another 100,000.
The main goal of the caretaker cabinet is to organise fair, transparent and free elections. ‘’I guarantee that we will be equidistant from all political forces’’, caretaker Premier Dimitar Glavchev said at the beginning of today's government meeting,..
The fire that broke out last Thursday at an altitude of 2,300 meters in the Bayramitsa area above the village of Bistritsa and lasted for 8 days has been contained. Firefighters, forestry workers, military personnel, teams of the Rila National Park..
On August 29, the EU Foreign Ministers held their first meeting of the new political season. Bulgaria was represented by Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivan Kondov. The agenda included the situation in Ukraine, developments in the Middle East..
The mayor of the village of Samoranovo (Dupnitsa Municipality) has initiated an urgent fundraising campaign in connection with the fire in Rila..
Two people infected with West Nile Virus (WNV) in Bulgaria have died, the Ministry of Health has been confirmed for the BNR. Three persons in Bulgaria..
Diseases of the circulatory system are the major mortality factor in Bulgaria. The second group of causes are oncological diseases followed by..
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