One fifth of Bulgarians have been in a car with a driver who has consumed alcohol. 275,000 people (5% of the country’s population) were driving under the influence of alcohol, indicates data of a survey conducted by Research Center Trend, commissioned by "24 Chassa" daily.
According to the survey, 37% of respondents have witnessed how their relative or acquaintance get behind the wheel after using alcohol or drugs. According to the respondents, the three leading factors for road accidents are speeding (27%), driving under the influence of alcohol (24%) and driving under the influence of drugs (17%). 86% of respondents believe that legislative changes are needed to introduce stricter punishments for drunk driving or drug driving. 94% believe the state does not deal adequately with law-breakers.
On Thursday, the minimum temperatures in Bulgaria will range from 16 to 20°C, in Sofia - 16°C . Before noon the weather will be sunny. In the afternoon, clouds will start gathering. In places, mainly in the mountainous and eastern regions, there will be..
An icon of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Equal to the Apostles, is kept in the ethnographic museum of the multicultural Bessarabian village of Vinogradovka , Ukraine, according to the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency. The relic forms part of the museum's..
More and more foreign students have been choosing Bulgarian universities and higher education institutions in recent years, the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) reports. The increased interest is due not only to the tuition fees, but also to the quality of..
More and more foreign students have been choosing Bulgarian universities and higher education institutions in recent years, the Bulgarian News Agency..
According to Eurostat data , in 2024 Bulgaria and Estonia ranked second to last in the EU in terms of actual individual consumption (AIC) per..
The plane with 148 people evacuated from Israel landed at Vasil Levski Airport in Sofia at 02:30 . 89 of the people are Bulgarians and..
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