The treatment, conditions and legal guarantees for psychiatric patients in Bulgarian social institutions remain inconsistent with the recommendations of the Council of Europe, a report by the Committee for the Prevention of Torture reads. In August 2020, a delegation of the committee visited three state psychiatric hospitals- "St. Ivan Rilski ” in Sofia, the State Psychiatric Hospital in Tsarev Brod and the psychiatric hospital in the town of Byala. The care homes for people with developmental disabilities in the villages of Kudelin, Samuil and Govezhda were also visited by the Committee for the Prevention of Torture, BGNES reported.
There are care homes with extremely unacceptable conditions, Bulgaria’s Minister of Labor and Social Policy Denitsa Sacheva commented. 28 care homes will be closed, including those in Kudelin, Govezhda and Samuil, Minister Sacheva said.
The leader of "Movement for Rights and Freedoms – New Beginning", Delyan Peevski, called on the parliamentary groups to fulfill only one responsibility – to adopt the state budget in order to guarantee the security of the country and the..
The safe departure of 15 Bulgarian nationals who have requested to leave Syria will be ensured at the first opportunity, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. The Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Damascus is in constant contact with the..
Vice President Iliana Iotova expressed hope that the parliamentary forces will do everything possible to gather a majority to form a cabinet. "Bulgaria needs a stable government", Vice President Iotova said in the town of Panagyurishte, adding..
The decision to scrap Schengen border checks by land for Bulgaria and Romania has been included as the first item on the agenda of the EU Justice and..
Pensioners whose monthly pension is below the poverty line of 526 leva (EUR 269) will receive a Christmas bonus of 100 leva (EUR 50), said caretaker..
Democratic Bulgaria has issued a position stating that an attempt must be made to form a government within the current parliament so as to avoid one..
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