The number of first graders this school year is down by around 1,000 compared to last year, said Deputy Minister of Education Diyan Stamatov for the Bulgarian news agency BTA.
He added that the greatest number of first graders were in the city of Sofia (over 12,000), followed by Plovdiv and Varna; bottom of the list are Vidin and Gabrovo. Diyan Stamatov stated that the tendency of a shortage of teachers in mathematics, computer sciences and foreign languages continues, though now there is a shortage of physical education teachers as well.
President Rumen Radev will today attend the opening ceremony of Forest Week in front of St Alexander Nevsky Cathedral. The theme of this year's celebrations is "A century of eternal creation, preservation and care!" This year marks the 100th..
For 100 years, foresters in Bulgaria have been organizing Forest Week. A concert entitled “A century of eternity” on 7 April will give the official start to the initiative dedicated to the planet’s lungs. And though it has been a century since..
The eagerly-awaited Tulip Parade at the University Botanical Garden in Balchik is at its peak. This year’s parade includes more than 45,000 bulbs, and 27 varieties that are new to the Garden, among them Tulipa "Carnaval de Nice, which combines..
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The Bulgarian-American Cultural Association “Rosa” in Atlanta invited our compatriots to celebrate Easter today from 1:00 p.m. local time at..
Artist Vanya Petkova from Kardzhali paints non-traditional icons, depicting saints on ostrich eggs . She started about 15 years ago with images of Jesus..
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