According to the “Bulgaria Health Profile” prepared by the European Commission, Bulgaria is the EU’s heaviest-smoking country. Over 28% of the Bulgarian citizens are smokers which is 7% more than the EU average. 35% of the Bulgarian men smoke on a daily basis. 21% of the fifteen-year- old Bulgarian children also smoke (2nd in the EU after Croatia). 30% of the fiteeen-year-old girls are regular smokers (1st in the EU). According to the World Bank, the price each country’s health system pays to fight the consequences of the tobacco use is between 0.1% and 1.1% of their GDP. Bulgaria pays over EUR 500 million.
Construction of the National Children's Hospital will begin in June next year , interim Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev said at a briefing. The hospital will have 26 wards and about 400 beds . It will provide complex care for young patients. "The..
A fire broke out in the Varna office of a party which was represented in the last National Assembly and which is contesting the forthcoming elections on 27 October. The premises, located in a building in the centre of the city, were completely burnt..
Right before the two military pilots training for an air show crashed their plane in the critical seven seconds of the flight there was no communication between the tower and the plane . This is shown by the recordings of the conversations between the..
Right before the two military pilots training for an air show crashed their plane in the critical seven seconds of the flight there was no communication..
A fire broke out in the Varna office of a party which was represented in the last National Assembly and which is contesting the forthcoming elections on 27..
According to a survey by Gallup International Balkan, one tenth of respondents admit that they would accept to vote in exchange for money, other..
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