Life expectancy in three Bulgarian regions is lowest in the whole EU, an analysis of Eurostat shows. According to official statistics, life expectancy in the Northwest Region is 73.3 years, in the Central North Region- 74.4 years and in the Southwest Region- 74.4 years. The average life expectancy in Bulgaria in 2016 was 74.9 years which places Bulgaria at the bottom of the EU life expectancy ranking. From 1990 until 2016 the number of pensioners in Bulgaria went up and the number of newly born dwindled, Eurostat statistics further shows. According to the analysis the average life expectancy in the EU is 81 years. Spain and Italy are the EU countries with highest life expectancy.
GERB leader Boyko Borissov announced that he is extending a hand to the parties from the former assemblage to seek an option of governance after the elections, the BNR’s reporter Daniel Inkov informed. Boyko Borissov emphasized that pragmatism in..
Before the start of the new school year, the ''Give a Book'' Foundation is collecting notebooks, plimsolls, pencil cases and backpacks filled with school supplies for homes for children deprived of parental care. For 14 years, the foundation has..
Bulgaria ranks second in the world in terms of bread consumption after Turkiey, reported BNT citing the Turkish news site Yenigün. According to the statistics, the average bread consumption in Turkiye is nearly 200 kg per person per year while the..
Acting chairman of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) Atanas Zafirov has withdrawn the papers submitted yesterday for the BSP’s independent..
Bulgaria ranks second in the world in terms of bread consumption after Turkiey, reported BNT citing the Turkish news site Yenigün. According to the..
Cases of pertussis (whooping cough) are now few, while the number of scarlet fever and chickenpox cases has been reduced to a..
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