Analysis of Eurostat published on occasion of the World Teachers’ Day (October 5) shows that 93% of all Bulgarian teachers are people with university (Bachelor’s or Master’s) degree. 84% of the Bulgarian teachers are women and 48% of the teaching staff are aged 50 or above. Bulgaria ranks 3rd in the EU in terms of the level of feminization of the teaching staff after Latvia (87%) and Lithuania (85%). Bulgarian teachers are among Europe’s fastest ageing ones. Italy tops this ranking, where 57% of the teachers are 50 or above. According to data of the National Statistical institute, in 2015 there were 45,000 teachers in Bulgaria, 2014 schools and 600,000 pupils.
More than 50 wine producers from Bulgaria and Greece are going to take part in the contest for best wine with which the two-fay wine festival will kick off in Delchevo village near Gotse Delchev. Expert oenologists will evaluate a total of 134..
The day of St. Tryphon is marked on 1 February old style (14 February new style), and i n the folklore calendar it spans 3 days, known as Trifontsi – 1,2 and 3 February. Known in popular tradition as Trifon Zarezan (Trifon the pruner), it is a..
Priceless Romanian ancient gold stolen from a museum in the Netherlands Three golden bracelets and a priceless helmet from the Romanian exhibition "Dacia! The Kingdom of Gold and Silver" were stolen from the Drents Museum in Assen, the..
21 February is International Mother Language Day, first proclaimed as such by UNESCO and later adopted by the UN General Assembly. The right to..
"The place in France where we draw together the future of our children in Bulgarian" - this is how Yaneta Dimitrova described her workplace - the..
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