The Agency for People with Disabilities has created an interactive map with accessible sites in Bulgaria, the press center of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy has reported. Citizens themselves register the sites, which can now..
From December 1, 2023 , until February 28, 2024 , a low-emission zone will be implemented in central Sofia in the so-called "small ring", reported BNR ’s Radio Sofia. At intersections where one enters the small ring, there must be..
People with disabilities came out to protest in front of the Council of Ministers. Their demands are for shorter delays in the delivery of decisions by the medical commissions and that secondary diseases are also taken into account, not only the main..
A new social programme will support elderly people and people with disabilities. A total of 32,000 elderly people and persons with disablities in need of special care will be served in their homes. The social service is under a new programme..
T he Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (BHC) has launched a campaign which aims to promote human rights, the press center of the organization said. For the purpose, a special page has been created on the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee’s website...
62-year-old Albena Peneva, who has motor impairment due to a brain stroke, swam for two hours without interruption in a pool in Bulgaria's coastal city Burgas . By two minutes, she exceeded the previously announced two hours of continuous swimming of a..
The Ukrainian refugees coming Bulgaria find food and shelter. However, this is not enough for the children and people with special needs, who are left with almost no care. “Bulgaria is by no means prepared to receive such people. It..
There Is Such a People, ITN party has submitted a bill for amendments to the Personal Assistance Act. According to ITN MP Stanislav Balabanov, the idea is to improve the mechanism of providing assistance to people with disabilities, and to..
People with irreversible disabilities should no longer appear before the regional expert commissions (TELK) every three years for re-certification. This is envisaged in a draft amendment to the Ordinance on Medical Expertise, which the Minister of..
With a procession and songs on the square in the town of Dobrich, people with intellectual disabilities and their relatives once again demanded the abolition of the practice of placement under judicial disability. It is based on a law that has not been..
