A 5% reduction of the health risk factors such as tobacco, alcohol and lack of physical exercise among Bulgarians aged over 15. This is envisaged by the chronic diseases prevention programme spanning the period until 2025.
The document includes measures for the early diagnostics and prevention of cardiovascular diseases, malignant neoplasms, diabetes and chronic lung diseases.
Over the coming 5 years, the death rate from coronary artery diseases, cerebrovascular disease and diabetes type 2 is expected to drop by between 1 and 5%.
Customs officials have seized a record 120 kg of gold at the Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint on the border with Turkey. Gold bars, coins and jewellery were seized. The driver, a Bulgarian national, was arrested and charged. Another man with Bulgarian and..
Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov has cancelled the air show at the Graf Ignatievo Air Base after an L-39 ZA military transport plane crashed, the Defence Ministry said. The accident occurred during preparations for tomorrow's demonstrations to..
Bulgaria has always been open to dialogue with North Macedonia and expects that this dialogue will contribute not only to our cultural rapprochement, but also to the strengthening of economic cooperation. We expect that this dialogue will finally..
Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov has cancelled the air show at the Graf Ignatievo Air Base after an L-39 ZA military transport plane crashed, the..
The Supreme Administrative Court rejected the appeal of the coalition around Ahmed Dogan - "Democracy, Rights and Freedoms - DPS"..
At a Bulgarian-Chinese business forum in Sofia, President Rumen Radev pointed out the advantages of the business environment in..
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