Child adoptions in Bulgaria increased with 5% in 2017, the Bulgarian Ministry of Labor and Social Policy announced. 578 children were adopted in Bulgaria and 306 were adopted abroad last year, the ministry further informs. 473 children were at the age of three or under and only 55 children were aged between three and five. There are over 1,300 abandoned children aged 10 or above who stand the lowest chance of being adopted. The children with disabilities are just over 1,000. The Bulgarian Ministry of Labor and Social Policy is planning to update the measures aimed at preventing abandonment of children.
Drivers should drive with a maximum speed of 130 km/h on highways, which is ten less than the current permitted speed, MPs of the parliamentary Committee on Transport decided, adopting the amendments to the Road Traffic Act at first..
Bulgarian 11th grader Alexandra Atanasova is among the 27 winners of the 18th European translation contest for secondary school students Juvenes Translatores, organized by the Directorate-General for Translation of the European Commission. As..
On Thursday, the cloud cover will increase significantly, and rain showers will begin. There will be moderate winds. Strong and gusty westerly and northwesterly winds are expected in the Danubian Plain and the western part of the Upper Thracian Plain...
As an EU member state and a NATO ally, Bulgaria is an active participant in solidarity initiatives aimed at strengthening our deterrence and defense..
The police in the town of Veliko Tarnovo (Central North Bulgaria) detained a tourist bus driver with more than 2 permille of alcohol in his blood..
Snowfall and strong winds in Northeastern Bulgaria caused power outages in more than 100 villages in the regions of Ruse, Silistra,..
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