Bulgaria’s capital Sofia hosts today the final forum under the project Boosting the Capacity of the Bulgarian Ombudsman for Independent Monitoring and Promotion of Child Rights. Bulgaria and Norway exchanged experience and good practices within the project held in partnership with UNICEF- Norway and UNICEF-Bulgaria. Norway was the first country to establish a separate Ombudsman for Children. Within the frameworks of the project Bulgaria’s Ombudsman Maya Manolova fulfilled a series of events and forums dedicated to children, including the new national campaign Our Child aimed at promoting children’s rights and the institution of the Bulgarian Ombudsman as an advocate and guardian of adolescents.
The Ministry of Health shared a short video showing what the country's first National Paediatric Hospital (NPH) will look like. This hospital is set to open by 2028, as reported by BTA. The construction will begin in March next year, three months..
Pope Leo XIV appeared last night in the Vatican Gardens wearing an omophorion gifted to him by Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov , the Catholic Church in Bulgaria reported. The prime minister presented the omophorion during his recent visit to..
Nearly one in three children in Bulgaria lives in material deprivation, according to data from the National Statistical Institute for last year, reported by BNR’s Victoria Todorova. Children in the Roma community are the most affected, with more than..
Protests in defence of the Bulgarian lev and against the adoption of the euro currency are scheduled to take place on May 31 in many cities and towns..
Thousands of citizens have gathered in the center of Sofia to protest against the introduction of the euro . The demonstration is supported by political..
The introduction of the euro will not affect household electricity prices, Energy Minister Zhecho Stankov told BNR. He added that from the day Bulgaria..
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