Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2025 All Rights Reserved

EU Commissioner Stella Kyriakidou calls on Bulgarians to get vaccinated

Photo: BGNES

The European Commission will send Bulgaria a method for estimating the actual number of people in this country who have already encountered the coronavirus. The news has been reported by Bulgarian Minister of Health Dr. Stoycho Katsarov at a joint briefing with European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakidou.

According to the Minister of Health, the EC will assist Bulgaria in the information campaign in order to change attitudes and raise interest in vaccination against Covid-19. Commissioner Kyriakidou pointed out that vaccination saves lives and sent a message to all Bulgarian citizens to get vaccinated so that we can return to the freedoms we had before the pandemic.

During the meeting, Minister Katsarov informed the European Commissioner about the National Anti-Cancer Plan and discussed possibilities for cooperation with the EC in the field of prevention, screening and treatment of people with oncological diseases.




Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Citizens protest in support of the Blue Stones Nature Park

Environmentalists protested in front of the Ministry of Environment and Water against plans to reduce the area of the Blue Stones Nature Park and the creation of settlements. According to the environmentalists, if construction in the park is not..

published on 1/23/25 3:54 PM
Minister of Finance Temenuzhka Petkova

Minister Petkova: The government will propose a new draft budget by February 14

Bulgaria’s Minister of Finance Temenuzhka Petkova said that she is concerned about the current state of the country’s finances, which, according to her, is a result of unreasonable policies in this area over the past three years. According..

published on 1/23/25 3:25 PM

39 percent of voters support the government and 29 percent disapprove of it

Support for the GERB party is 26.0%. Party leader Boyko Borissov has the highest trust among politicians with 24.4%, but also significant distrust of 49.4%, according to a representative survey by Alpha Research conducted in the..

published on 1/23/25 11:58 AM