The number of Covid-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 1,778, the National Crisis Headquarters announced. 20 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed on May 6. Most new cases were reported as a result of targeted testing of certain groups, the Secretary of the National Crisis Headquarters Associate Professor Dimo Dimov announced. 353 people with Covid-19 were admitted to hospitals, of whom 38 are in intensive-care units. The Covid-19 death toll rose to 84 people. A sixty seven-year-old man died in the district hospital in Veliko Tarnovo. Seventy-year-old man died in Yambol. The two men had underlying health conditions. 18 patients have recovered from Covid-19 today. Thus, the total number of people who recovered from Covid-19 reached 360.
In an analysis of the pension system in Bulgaria, the International Monetary Fund urges the country to raise pensions by raising social security contributions and doing away with the maximum insurable earnings. According to the analysis, pensions in..
Bulgarian tour operators and travel agents are hoping the new parliament will reconsider the decision to revert to the higher VAT (20%) for the industry as of 1 July. They are insisting that tourist packages be subject to 9% VAT until the end of..
The first joint operation of the newly formed Mine Counter Measures Task Group Black Sea involving Bulgaria, Turkey and Romania is to take place July 2-16, the Bulgarian news agency BTA reports. The last time such an operation was carried..
The enthronement of the newly elected Bulgarian Patriarch, Metropolitan Daniil of Vidin, is over. The new spiritual leader was welcomed in St...
Bulgaria’s national team of mathematics put up an excellent performance at the Junior Balkan Mathematical Olympiad. Six Bulgarian students returned from..
Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev handed the first cabinet-forming mandate to Rossen Zhelyazkov who is the prime minister-designate of the largest..
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