The home is the place where all the unresolved problems in our society can be easily seen. It is difficult to talk about early childhood development if children sleep in the same bed or live in the same room with their parents until..
Bulgaria ranks second in the European Union in terms of the number of young people who are severely materially and socially deprived. According to Eurostat data, almost 19% of Bulgarians aged 15 to 29 are severely materially and socially deprived ...
The biggest fears Bulgarians have is that they or their family members could fall ill – 43.3%, or fall into poverty – 36.7%. These fears come before war – 33.5%, which is in third position , indicate the results of a representative survey by ESTAT..
Seventeen per cent of children aged 0-5 in the country live in poverty, according to National Statistical Institute data. The infant mortality rate remains almost double the EU average of 3.6%. The indicators are most worrying in areas with compact..
Bulgaria is leading European country in terms of wage growth, but remains the last in the EU in terms of income. A survey of 350 companies in the country, delivered by a consultancy firm, found that more than half of employers have increased wages..
As two wars rage and migrant flows increase, the human race seems to face another major challenge – what can be done to protect the rights and ensure a life of dignity for the people living on the verge of poverty. In Bulgaria, where the minimum..
Bulgaria has the third highest share of children at risk of poverty in the EU, whose access to basic needs such as food, water, shelter, education and health care is at risk. Nearly 1/3 of children cannot afford a holiday outside the..
The relative share of the poor population in Bulgaria is growing. In 2022, the poverty rate in the country stood at 22.9%, or 1 million 572,000 people, reads the government-approved report on the implementation of the National Strategy for Poverty..
The first visit of a Serbian head of state to Bosilegrad and the region in 97 years, with which President Aleksandar Vucic launched his ambitious programme to solve the country's problems, became the occasion for the detention of two citizens of..
The average Bulgarian has not become poorer in 2022, Vasil Velev, Chairman of the Industrial Capital Association in Bulgaria, told BNR, quoting statistics. He explained that for some workers there is a higher wage growth, while for others the statistics..
