In 2016 some 550,000 Bulgarian children aged 18 or under were at risk of poverty and social exclusion, analysis of Eurostat shows. In other words, 45% of the Bulgarian children were exposed at such risk, whereas the EU average was 26.4%. In the past 6 years the number of Bulgarian children in that category decreased significantly. In 2010 over 635,000 Bulgarian children (49.8%) were at risk of poverty and social exclusion. Bulgaria places last but one in that ranking in the whole EU. Romania places last with 49% of the children (over 1.8 million) living at risk of poverty.
On the occasion of the 156th anniversary of the death of Hadzhi Dimitar and his company of Chetnik rebels, and the 187th anniversary of the birth of Vasil Levski, the Municipality of Kazanlak is holding several events. On 16 July, the Chudomir..
Tuesday will be sunny and very hot. Minimum temperatures will be between 17 and 23°C, 17°C in Sofia. Maximum temperatures will be between 37 and 42°C, 37°C in the capital. A red heat warning has been issued for the districts of Blagoevgrad, Ruse,..
At a meeting with President Rumen Radev, We Continue the Change- Democratic Bulgaria (PP-DB) asked the country’s head of state to delay the handing of the second cabinet-forming mandate to allow them to seek broad public support for the proposed..
Seven fires are burning in forest areas in the districts of Plovdiv, Haskovo, Kyustendil and Yambol, the Executive Forests Agency said. In..
Caretaker Premier Dimitar Glavchev and the Director of the General Directorate Fire Safety and Civil Protection, Chief Commissioner Alexander Dzhartov,..
Bulgarian politicians and institutions have condemned the assassination attempt on Donald Trump. "We are deeply shocked by the horrific attack on..
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