A tender for operating lease of two helicopters with medical equipment and trained and licensed pilots for HEMS - Helicopter Emergency Medical Services, has been announced today, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport Hristo Alexiev announced. It is expected that in the middle of the year, Bulgaria will have emergency air assistance. The pilots will most likely be foreign citizens and the medical teams will be from Bulgaria.
Bulgaria is the only country in the EU without medical helicopters.
"It is unacceptable for the Russian state, in the person of Ambassador Mitrofanova, to close a temple, moreover that it is under the jurisdiction of the Bulgarian Patriarch and the Bulgarian Orthodox Church," Bulgaria's Justice Minister wrote on..
There is full agreement that an energy strategy for the country should be prepared in the next few months, Bulgaria’s Premier Nikolay Denkov said at a briefing after a meeting with representatives of employers' organisations . He discussed with them..
305 is the number of new Covid-19 cases out of 2,230 tests performed in the country in the past day, Single Coronavirus Information Portal data show. 14% of the tests returned positive result. The number of people being treated in hospital is..
The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church is meeting today to discuss the question of the Saint Nicholas of Myra church in Sofia, better known as..
Fast and efficient connectivity between Asia and Europe via Bulgarian ports is among the government's priorities. This was stated by the Minister of..
Road blockades organised by protesting energy workers and miners continue for a fifth day. Protesters have sent 6 requests to the..
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