The most pessimistic Christmas in decades is approaching - 54% of the respondents say they await 2021 with fear, 5% expect an improvement and 31% say things will continue as they are now, the latest survey by Mediana social studies agency shows.
The corona-crisis has had a dire economic effect. More than 40% state their incomes have dropped dramatically, 21% - that they are already on the brink of poverty, 12% have lost their jobs, and 19% have had their paychecks cut. In December 2020 the government gets the poorest marks – 3.22 out of 6.
Vaccination against Covid-19 is going to encounter serious problems. Only 20% state they are firmly in favour of vaccination, 37% are hesitant, and 43% are against, BNR’s Horizont channel reports.
Emergency teams continue to battle wildfires across Bulgaria. The situation in the municipality of Bolyarovo, near the Turkish border, is becoming more complicated . The fire, fanned by strong winds, has reached the village of Voden (Yambol region),..
Bulgarian MEP Tsvetelina Penkova of the Bulgarian Socialist Party has been unanimously elected as President of the European Energy Forum - the largest organisation in the energy sector in Brussels. Ms Penkova will be the first woman to be..
Bulgarian students have won a full set of medals - gold, silver and bronze - at the 35th International Biology Olympiad (IBO) in Kazakhstan. The Bulgarians competed against 320 students from 80 countries in the world's most prestigious biology..
The situation with the wildfires in the country remains critical. The fire near Stara Zagora has been contained. Firefighting teams are also monitoring..
Caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev has established a task force to combat the wildfires in the country. Today, he visited the Stara Zagora..
The 12 km perimeter of the big fire north of the city of Stara Zagora has been cordoned off , the regional governor Metodi Markov said. There are..
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