Following reports of drastic violations, Bulgaria’s Ministry of Health will continue to inspect large hospitals in poor financial condition, this country’s caretaker Deputy Minister of Health Dr. Dimitar Petrov said for the BNR. The Lozenets hospital was accused of syphoning off money from the National Health Insurance Fund and of illegal organ transplants.
Inspections are underway in Pirogov Emergency Hospital and Alexandrovska University Hospital on suspicions of money laundering via clinical pathways and other violations. According to Depury Minister Petrov, people who were afraid to speak in the past are now beginning to report violations.
On Tuesday, lows will be between 1 and 6°C, 1°C in Sofia. During the day it will remain mostly cloudy, with showers mainly in the southeast. Over southwestern Bulgaria the clouds will break up and clear. Maximum temperatures will be 4° to 9°C, around..
The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is to have a female president for the first time. Corresponding Member Evelina Slavcheva from the Institute of Electrochemistry and Energy Systems was elected today to lead the 155-year-old institution...
At a national meeting convened by acting Prosecutor-General Borislav Sarafo v to discuss the rise in public and domestic violence, it was declared that the Prosecutor's Office and the Ministry of the Interior would not tolerate such crimes. "Under my..
The financial effect of our country's accession to Schengen by land will amount to BGN 1.63 billion (EUR 833.4 million) per year, according to a study..
The Ministry of Transport and Communications supports the idea of naming Sofia Airport after Vasil Levski– the most undisputed figure in Bulgarian..
On the occasion of World AIDS Day, observed on December 1, volunteers from the Bulgarian Red Cross Youth in Sofia will light tealights on the Lovers'..
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