For the first time in Bulgaria, a wireless pacemaker was implanted directly into the right ventricle of the heart through the femoral vein. The two-hour operation was performed by Assoc. Prof. Vasil Velchev and Dr. Nikolay Bonev from the Cardiology Clinic of the St. Anna University Hospital in Sofia with the assistance of Consultant Professor dr. Przemyslaw Wiktorski. Two patients (a 67-year-old man and a 72-year-old woman) were the first in Bulgaria to receive this state-of-the-art treatment. The pacemakers implanted for the first time in Bulgarian patients are made by an American company.
For the sixth year, the Bulgarian School "St. Cyril and Methodius" in Boston, USA, is organizing a Bulgarian language exam with the assistance of the Department of Language Education at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski". This was announced by the..
Sea Fest 2025 brings together in the city of Varna sea sports, beach games and an exciting stage program on the seashore . The program for the Day of Varna, marked on the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, will continue throughout the..
More than 70 master craftsmen will participate in the traditional craft fair in the village of Oreshak near Troyan , which starts on August 14 and will last until Sunday, BNR correspondent Plamen Hristov has reported. The masters..
Young people of Bulgarian descent living abroad continue to show sustained interest in enrolling at Bulgarian universities under Decree No. 103 of the..
“Learn with an open mind; Serve a great cause” - this is the motto that guides the Beijing Foreign Studies University in the Chinese..
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