One in three pensioners in Bulgaria is at risk of poverty, data of Eurostat about 2017 show. Bulgaria places 4th in the EU under this indicator. A total of 32.4% of the Bulgarian pensioners, including the people who retired due to an illness, are at risk of poverty. Their number is highest in the past 8 years, the survey also reads. Estonia (46.1% risk of poverty rate), Latvia (43.7% risk of poverty rate) and Lithuania (36.7% risk of poverty rate) are top the poverty risk ranking. The French pensioners are at lowest risk of poverty (7% risk of poverty rate). In 2017 the proportion of pensioners at risk of poverty in the European Union was estimated at 14.2%. The rate has been rising gradually since 2013 when it was 12.6%.
Fewer and fewer Bulgarians living abroad send their children to Sunday schools where Bulgarian language and culture are taught, said Veneta Nenkova, founder of the Bulgarian school ''Asen and Iliya Peykovi'' in Rome, in an interview with the BNR’s..
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The European Commission has announced that the EU will invest nearly €37.5 million in the construction and modernisation of six parking areas with a..
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It will be sunny and hot on Friday. Maximum temperatures will range between 33°C and 38°C, around 33°C in Sofia. It will also be sunny along the..
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