Mass Covid testing for teachers and other staff employed in the field of secondary education begins today. Teaching and non-teaching staff are to undergo rapid antigen tests. According to Bulgaria’s Minister of Health Kostadin Angelov, the mass testing aims to find the hidden morbidity, which would allow the authorities to take the necessary measures.
Inoculation of teachers and other school staff will begin in February. So far, nearly 30% of the teachers have voiced willingness to receive Covid-19 vaccines.
Hospitals in Sofia suspend planned admissions and non-emergency surgery as of 8 March Planned hospital admissions, non-emergency surgery and hospital visiting hours for hospitals in Sofia are being suspended as of Monday, 8 March, by order..
The Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed surprise at the personal position by US Senators Bob Menendez and Jim Risch who state, in a joint statement that "persistent corruption, declining media freedom, politicization of the..
A national plan for the introduction of the euro in Bulgaria should be drawn up by 30 June, 2021, and the indicative date for membership of the currency union is 1 January, 2024. This is made clear by a draft decree by the Council of..
Niagara Falls was illuminated in the colors of the Bulgarian national flag on occasion of Bulgaria’s National Day- March 3. The initiative was organized..
The Bobov Dol coal-fired thermal power plant in southwestern Bulgaria is causing serious damage to the environment . This is written in the conclusions..
The President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, has signed a decision of the Legal Affairs Committee, which brings before the Court of Justice..
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