In 2024, the last remaining homes for children will close, Minister of Labor and Social Policy Ivanka Shalapatova has told bTV. Another serious task is closing of homes for the elderly and people with mental problems and replacing them with smaller homes in the community, which will allow for providing individual care by specialists, Shalapatova said.
Violence against women and children remains a very serious problem. Since the beginning of the year, 351 children have sought protection and reported violence, the minister pointed out. Shalapatova called on people to try to help if they witnessed violence or at least report it to the competent authorities.
A scheme for tax crimes through the use of documents with false content about carrying out fictitious deals with fuel exempt from excise duty has been busted. The avoided payment of excise duty is over 4.8 million EUR. The company, which was..
We Continue the Change Co-chairman Kiril Petkov has submitted to the registry of the 51st National Assembly a waiver of his parliamentary immunity. ''Today, I signed a waiver of my parliamentary immunity. Neither Peevski, nor the other thugs,..
More than 1,000 people have participated in the pilot phase of the project "The Genome of Bulgaria", which aims to collect and analyze a representative sample of genomes from contemporary Bulgarians. With this initiative, Bulgaria will contribute to..
On Tuesday, the weather will be predominantly cloudy with rain, more significant precipitation is in the forecast for Eastern Bulgaria. The..
The Sofia Regional Health Inspectorate has reported the country's second case of monkeypox this year, registered last week.The infected person is 37..
Acting Bulgarian Prosecutor-General Borislav Sarafov has asked Parliament to lift the immunity of Kiril Petkov, an MP and co-leader of the People's Party..
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