A tender for operating lease of two helicopters with medical equipment and trained and licensed pilots for HEMS - Helicopter Emergency Medical Services, has been announced today, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport Hristo Alexiev announced. It is expected that in the middle of the year, Bulgaria will have emergency air assistance. The pilots will most likely be foreign citizens and the medical teams will be from Bulgaria.
Bulgaria is the only country in the EU without medical helicopters.
Anna-Maria Halacheva, a doctoral student at the Institute of Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Technologies (INSAIT) at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", has been recognised by the European Commission as a successful young European...
'We condemn the unprovoked violation of airspace,' declared Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov in response to yesterday's incursion of drones into Polish airspace. Speaking during a visit to the town of Simitli, he emphasised: 'Our position is clear and..
The debate on the introduction of the euro and Bulgaria’s membership in the Eurozone is more of a political issue than an economic or social one, Premier Rosen Zhelyazkov said during an event in Blagoevgrad within the National Information Campaign..
An International Monetary Fund mission will visit Bulgaria as part of its annual review of the country’s economy , the Fund said in a statement...
A Bulgarian delegation recently visited Kyiv at the invitation of President Volodymyr Zelensky , Ukraine’s ambassador to Sofia Olesya Ilashchuk said on..
On Wednesday minimum temperatures will range between 13 and 18° C., for Sofia 15° C. During the day the weather will be predominantly sunny with..
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