A total of 325 centenarians are currently living in Bulgaria, including 242 women and 83 men, the BTA reported referring to data of the National Statistical Institute as of December 31, 2021. 222 centenarians live in the towns and 103 live in the villages. 4,958 people are aged between 95 and 99.
Physical activity and good food are the secrets to long life, a female centenarian from the village of Voynitsa, Vidin district, contends. Maria Kostova likes to eat everything she can grow in her garden, as well as meat and fish. On feast days she also drinks a glass of red wine mixed with lemonade. According to the inhabitants of the Rhodope Mountains, yoghurt consumption is the secret to longevity.
During the regional GERB youth academy in Targovishte, GERB leader Boyko Borissov stated that GERB would not sign the declaration of We Continue the Change/Democratic Bulgaria (PP/DB) for a cordon sanitaire around Delyan Peevski. PP/DB calls..
A protest took place in Velingrad in support of the farmers whose flocks of sheep have been quarantined because of positive tests for sheep and goat plague. To stop the spread of the disease, access to the area around the farms has been..
Bulgaria will be given six months to carry out the necessary reforms connected with the liberalisation of the energy market , otherwise it stands to lose EUR 653 million which it should receive as a second payment under the Recovery and..
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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