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 and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson discussed opportunities for expanding international cooperation in space exploration and technology. Bill Nelson gave a lecture to students at the Sofia University at the event ‘’Hello Space..
Only a few kilometers west of the border between Greece and Albania and some 40 kilometers from the regional center Korçë is the Albanian town of Bilishta (Bilisht in Albanian). A member of the urban intelligentsia there is Lazo Nestori - a..
"You realize what your homeland is when you lose it. When you're at home, you turn on the radio, hear folk music, speak Bulgarian, and go to the theater where you also hear Bulgarian speech. It is only when you lose all that that you realize how much..
Leading researchers and lecturers from the St. Kliment Ohridski University in Sofia and the Institute of Astronomy and National Astronomical Observatory..
Bulgaria’s successes at international science Olympiads in 2024 can be seen in an exposition entitled “Fantastic minds”. Inaugurated to mark Awakeners”..
The village of Oryahovitsa, Stara Zagora region, today celebrates its symbol - the walnut tree. There will be a Festival of the Walnut with a..
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