On 1 January 2015 people aged over 80 in Bulgarian numbered a little over 331,000 or around 4.6 percent of the population, a Eurostat analysis shows. In the space of ten years the number of Bulgarians aged over 80 has gone up by almost 87,000. According to National Statistical Institute forecasts in 50 years’ time the number of 80 to 99 year olds will have gone up by another 100,000.
''Vazrazhdane'' is submitting a bill to withdraw the country from the agreement with the World Health Organization (WHO), the party said. ''Vazrazhdane'' demands that the government terminate the Framework Agreement between the Government of the..
The war in Ukraine has no military solution and diplomacy should prevail, said President Rumen Radev, who hosted the traditional annual reception for the heads of diplomatic missions accredited in Bulgaria. At the event, held at the National History..
On this day in 1905, 15 enthusiasts, university students, climbed the highest peak in Mount Vitosha near Sofia, in winter for the first time – Cherni Vrah peak (2,290 m.) The young people started out at noon on 30 January, 1905 from the..
Seven years after buying the Denny ice cream factory in Veliko Tarnovo, London-based multinational Unilever is closing the plant. The company did not give..
''A Bulgarian ship was detained on suspicion of damaging a telecommunications cable under the Baltic Sea between the Latvian city of Ventspils and the..
By a government decision, as of today an interdepartmental council is being set up for the screening of foreign direct investments. It will examine..
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