The three regions in the European Union with the highest standardised death rate in 2021 were all in Bulgaria, EU statistics agency Eurostat said. In the South-West region (Yugozapaden) the death rate is 390 deaths per 100 000 people, in the North-Central region (Severen Tsentralen) it is 387 deaths per 100 000 people and in the North-East (Severoiztochen) it is 366 per 100,000. In 2021 there were 5.3 million deaths in the EU.
The main causes of death across the EU were circulatory diseases, cancer and COVID-19. The EU’s standardized death rate for Covid-19 was 115.5 deaths per 100,000 people, reported BGNES.
An egg-painting workshops is opening today in the garden of the former Knyazheski palace, the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences’ National Ethnographic Museum has announced. The Museum is co-organizer of the event, alongside Sofia municipality...
A record number of contestants from 8 countries are to take part in today’s Kodzha Kaya mountain marathon. Its 6 th edition of hosted by Bilka village in the Eastern portion of the Balkan range. By a tradition the marathon begins at dawn..
On Sunday the weather will be predominantly sunny, with cumulus clouds forming in the East in the afternoon though there is a slim chance of rain. There will be a light to moderate wind from the East-Northeast. Minimum temperatures 5-10° C., for..
On Saturday, minimum temperatures in the country will be between 5 and 10°C, around 5°C in Sofia. The morning will be sunny. In the afternoon it will be..
Ground forces military personnel destroyed an unexploded ordnance found yesterday in Vazrazhdane residential area of Sofia, the press service of the..
Conditions for mountain hiking are good until midday, with the exception of the Balkan Range, where there will be fog and rain, the Mountain Rescue..
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