In 2022, for the first time in recent years, there is an increase in the incidence of malignant neoplasms, according to the 2022 Annual Report on the State of Citizens' Health approved today by the government. The incidence of breast cancer, gastrointestinal cancer and male genital cancer is highest.
The document also reads that the birth rate continues to decline. Bulgaria continues to have the highest total mortality rate among the EU countries - 18.4 per 1,000 people compared to the EU average of 11.5. Circulatory system diseases (59.8%), neoplasms (13.7%), and COVID-19 (7.6%) were among the most common causes of death in 2022.
Sofia Airport has been officially renamed to Vasil Levski Airport at a solemn ceremony on February 19 . The ceremony was attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport Grozdan Karadjov, CEO of the airport operator “SOF Connect” Jesus..
Bulgarian diplomacy, without showing off, is using its influence to free the Bulgarian citizens who are hostages of Hamas in Gaza. We thanked the Bulgarian Ambassador Slavena Gergova and the EU Ambassador to Israel Dimitar Tsanchev, the Bulgarian..
"The governance program will be discussed later this week at a meeting of the Council of Ministers, and I hope it will address all questions and expectations from the public'', announced Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov. He also commented on the..
The Vazrazhdane parliamentary party is organizing a protest on February 22 in front of the Bulgarian National Bank against Bulgaria's entry into the..
The agriculture sector in Bulgaria maintains its stability, providing employment to 6% of the population and forming about 4% of the country's GDP. This..
A serious train crash involving a train owned by the Bulgarian company PIMK has occurred near Craiova, Romania. According to initial information, the..
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