In 2016 some 550,000 Bulgarian children aged 18 or under were at risk of poverty and social exclusion, analysis of Eurostat shows. In other words, 45% of the Bulgarian children were exposed at such risk, whereas the EU average was 26.4%. In the past 6 years the number of Bulgarian children in that category decreased significantly. In 2010 over 635,000 Bulgarian children (49.8%) were at risk of poverty and social exclusion. Bulgaria places last but one in that ranking in the whole EU. Romania places last with 49% of the children (over 1.8 million) living at risk of poverty.
The Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) is successfully integrating artificial intelligence into its programmes. The public radio’s news is now read by an AI avatar trained in Bulgarian, operating in a virtual environment. One year after the public..
A delegation comprising MPs from Vazrazhdane party arrived in Moscow on Sunday. The delegation is led by Tsoncho Ganev, Deputy Chairman of Vazrazhdane and Deputy Chairman of the Bulgarian National Assembly, Georgi Georgiev, Deputy Chairman of..
The second F-16 fighter jet is expected to arrive in Bulgaria within days, said Defense Minister Atanas Zapryanov during a lecture to students at the University of Library Studies and Information Technologies. PM Rosen Zhelyazkov: The first..
The United States is a key strategic partner and NATO ally, with whom we will continue to work together to achieve our common goals — energy security,..
Bulgarian Minister of Energy Zhecho Stankov has held a working meeting with US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright. The two discussed strategic projects..
On Wednesday 30 April, between 8am and 5pm, traffic on the Danube bridge near Ruse will be stopped periodically at short intervals, the Road..
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