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

Covid-19 tests in schools won't be scrapped until safe environment is provided

Bulgarian Education Minister Nikolai Denkov.
Photo: BGNES

School testing for COVID-19 will not be scrapped in Bulgaria for the time being, Education Minister Nikolai Denkov said in Plovdiv.

He sent an inquiry to the Ministry of Health. "However, they also have concerns about the foreigners who are coming, so it would be their decision," Denkov said.

Bulgarian language courses have already been organized for the young people. According to the Minister, Bulgaria's education system has the capacity to accept up to 100 thousand students from Ukraine.

The quota for the admission of Bessarabian Bulgarians to universities will be increased by a thousand, Nikolai Denkov also said. Bulgaria will apply for funding from the common European refugee center.




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

The hot weather continues on Thursday

On Thursday, the lowest temperatures will range from 13°C to 20°C, 16°C in Sofia. It will be sunny during the day and hot in the afternoon. There will be a light wind from the east-northeast, reaching moderate levels in the southeastern parts of the..

published on 7/2/25 6:45 PM

Bulgarian authorities crack down on illegal citizenship scheme in Sofia

Security agencies in Bulgaria, DANS (State Agency for National Security) and GDBOP (General Directorate Combating Organized Crime), are carrying out an operation in Sofia targeting a group suspected of illegally granting Bulgarian citizenship...

published on 7/2/25 5:56 PM

“If we can import doctors for $500, why not MPs for 500 leva?” — President Radev’s sharp retort to Toshko Yordanov

In a declaration, MPs from the We Continue the Change–Democratic Bulgaria (PP–DB) coalition called for Toshko Yordanov, the chair of the Culture Committee and an MP from There Is Such a People, to resign. This followed his controversial comments about..

published on 7/2/25 5:45 PM