Ukraine’s military command ordered to stop defense of Mariupol, Reuters and AFP reported. All servicemen holed up at the Azovstal metallurgical plant were told to lay down their arms. “The higher military command has given the order to save the lives of the soldiers of our garrison”, the commander of the Azov regiment Denis Prokopenko explained in a video. Meanwhile, Russia’s Ministry of Defense said that the last group that had surrendered comprised of 531 people.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has condemned the missile strike against a cultural center in the town of Lozova located in the eastern part of Kharkiv region, which injured seven civilians, including a child. “ Russia's assault on Dobass has turned it into hell. This is a deliberate and criminal attempt to kill as many Ukrainians as possible”, said President Zelensky. Thirteen civilians were killed in the town of Severodonetsk in the past day, Ukraine’s authorities announced. “This is what will qualify the genocide of the Ukrainian people and for which the occupiers will definitely be brought to justice”, Volodymyr Zelensky further said.
A few days before World Thalassaemia Day on 8 May, doctors and families affected by the disease discussed ways of early diagnosis and prevention. According to health statistics, about 170 000 Bulgarians carry the gene mutation for this rare hereditary..
In less than a month, Bulgarian students have won nine medals at prestigious international maths competitions - the Balkan Olympiad and the European Girls' Olympiad, according to the press centre of the Ministry of Education and Science. The young..
Bulgaria ranks 70th in the latest Reporters Without Borders’ World Press Freedom Index. It remains at the bottom of the EU, as only Cyprus and Greece are behind it. Media freedom is fragile. The few independent media outlets in..
At a meeting at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), President Evelina Slavcheva and European Commissioner for Start-ups, Research and Innovation,..
None of the possible versions why the first Bulgarian F-16 fighter cannot fly has been ruled out. A version of possible sabotage also..
On May 2, the Speaker of the National Assembly Natalia Kiselova will attend the celebration of 1,160 years since the adoption by the Bulgarian people and..
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