Close to one in three Bulgarians are finding it difficult or very difficult to cope with health costs, one in ten have taken out loans to cover health expenditures, indicates a survey conducted by the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Institute of Societies and Knowledge Studies.
More than 50 percent of health costs are covered by the patient, with the state transferring the financial burden onto the public being a lasting tendency. Close to one in four Bulgarians have no access to a doctor, a paramedic or to medicines. Cardiovascular problems and high blood pressure are no longer a health issue but a national problem, the survey reads.
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The European Parliament has launched a procedure at the request of the Belgian authorities of to lift the immunity of five MEPs, including former Bulgarian National Assembly Speaker Nikola Minchev from the “Renew Europe” group, BTA..
Bulgaria and 15 other EU countries sent a letter to Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, calling on her to initiate joint diplomatic efforts aimed at securing global support for a ceasefire in Ukraine, the..
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55% of Bulgarians do not feel informed about the introduction of the euro in Bulgaria, while 41% express the opposite opinion, according to a..
The Trade Union of Bulgarian Medical Specialists has declared readiness for protest actions and an effective strike, according to a statement published..
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