On October 25, 1878, or exactly 145 years ago, the first Red Cross organisation was established in Bulgaria. This happened in Sliven under the chairmanship of Metropolitan Seraphim Slivenski.
Immediately after the Unification of Bulgaria, the national organization was established with Metropolitan Kliment as its chairman on September 20, 1885. Bulgarian prince Alexander Battenberg confirmed this with an official decree and became a patron of the Bulgarian Red Cross. In October, 1885, the organization was recognized by the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva.
Cases of pertussis (whooping cough) are now few, while the number of scarlet fever and chickenpox cases has been reduced to a reasonable minimum . Prof. Todor Kantardzhiev, former director of the National Center for Infectious and..
The scandal with issuing Bulgarian passports for money six years ago may put into question the candidacy of Ekaterina Zaharieva for European Commissioner, the BNR correspondent in Brussels reported, quoting "Politico". The article..
The combination of a favorable climate, beautiful nature, mineral water springs and healing mud in Bulgaria favors the development of resort treatment. During the 11th Annual Congress of the Bulgarian Union of Balneology and Spa..
From today until September 15, Sofia's Vitosha boulevard and the park in front of the National Palace of Culture are transformed into a huge open-air..
It is 80 years, on 9 September, since the communist coup d'état which put an end to the Kingdom of Bulgaria. Talking about the communist past is..
Over a hundred participants in the voluntary teams of the Bulgarian Red Cross for disaster and crisis action, as well as representatives of the..
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