The last stage of the National Anti-AIDS Campaign continues until August 31, the Ministry of Health has announced. The campaign aims to raise awareness among young people at risk about how HIV spreads and how to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. Until the end of August, citizens can get a free test at the regional health inspectorates and the Bulgarian Red Cross Youth.
155,520 people have been tested free of charge and anonymously since the beginning of 2023. 146 HIV-positive persons were registered in the first six months of 2023, bringing their number in Bulgaria to 4,194. 82% of the newly-infected persons are Bulgarians and 18% are foreign nationals. 122 of the newly-infected are men and 24 are women. 89.7% of the newly-registered HIV positive persons became infected through sexual contact, and the rest became infected through injecting drugs. 30–39-year-age group represents the largest portion of reported HIV infection cases.
There is no division in We Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria (PP-DB) and they will propose a government with the third cabinet-forming mandate if it is handed to them. ''We will go to the president with a ready platform to convince him that we..
Without having any clarity on the exact timing of the second exploratory mandate for government formation, GERB said in a media statement that the GERB-SDS parliamentary group will unequivocally not support it under any circumstances. This stance also..
A special operation on Bulgaria's southern Black Sea coast has seized 18,000 canistars of laughing gas. Warning protocols were issued to 15 people selling laughing gas balloons to stop selling the product to minors and indoors. Specialists from..
The start of the major repair of the Danube Bridge near Ruse is the reason for a serious conversation about the connectivity between..
The Chairman of the GERB-SDS Parliamentary group, Boyko Borissov, sent an official refusal to the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) and confirmed..
During a discussion with US President Joe Biden at the 75 th anniversary NATO summit in Washington DC, Bulgaria’s caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar..
+359 2 9336 661