Nearly 1 million Bulgarians receive first dose of Covid-19 vaccine 877 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Bulgaria in the past 24 hours out of 13,190 tests performed, indicate data of the Single Coronavirus Information Portal. 6.6% of..
The pandemic has highlighted long-standing problems in Bulgaria's healthcare system, including a shortage of nurses. This was stated before the Bulgarian National Radio by the President of the Regional Board of the Bulgarian Association of Healthcare..
Medical specialists are staging the latest in a series of protests in front of the Ministry of Health building in Sofia. Maya Ilieva, chair of the Trade Union of Bulgarian Medical Specialists stated, for the BNR, that the protesters are..
The government has provided over 500,000 euros for the renovation of the former teachers' institute in Pazardzhik, which will provide health care training and accommodate about 100 nurses, the government's press service reported. During a visit to..
More than 25% of the medical staff working on the front line in the fight in the Blagoevgrad Regional Hospital , which operates as a Covid-19 hospital, are infected with coronavirus. Many of the medical professionals also have developed complications...
The main problem in the health system is the people. They are fewer and fewer. They are extremely tired. People are also disillusioned by the attitude of a large part of Bulgarian society, said Bulgarian Minister of Health Kostadin Angelov at a forum..
Problems in the health-care system are long-standing and are the result of a lack of reforms. In a pandemic, however, is not the right time for sudden changes. This was what Minister of Health Kostadin Angelov said in an interview with BNT. He..
Bulgarian trade unions in the healthcare sector have submitted a draft Collective Labour Agreement to the Ministry of Health, insisting on a permanent increase in the salaries of healthcare professionals between 40 and 60 %. The unions propose..
Podkrepa Labour Confederation: In-person start of the school year There is no doubt that there will be in-person school attendance on 15 September, as is the wish of 90% of the parents, the “Education” trade union of the Podkrepa Confederation of..
The anti-government protests in Bulgaria are into their 40 th day after GERB party submitted a draft of a new constitution to the National Assembly. The three blockades in the centre of Sofia continue – at Eagle’s Bridge, in the space between..
