A survey of Eurostat in connection with today’s World Teachers’ Day suggests that teachers in Bulgaria are among the fastest ageing ones compared to the rest of the EU. In primary education Italy has the highest proportion of teachers aged above 50 at 52.7 percent. Under this index Bulgaria is second with a share of 42.4 percent. About 85 percent of teachers in primary education are women, and respectively 15 percent are men. In Bulgaria this ratio is 94.4 percent women and 5.6 percent men. EU secondary education employs 64 percent women and 36 men. In Bulgaria this ratio is 80 percent women and 20 percent men.
Workers in state psychiatric hospitals have gone on strike demanding higher salaries and better working conditions, including adequate workplace protection , as they work with dangerous patients. Mental health professionals launch a three-day..
A proposal for holding a referendum on preserving the Bulgarian lev has been submitted to the parliament's registry office. This was announced by the chairman of Vazrazhdane, Kostadin Kostadinov. We have collected 52 signatures, he pointed out...
The Ruse-Veliko Tarnovo highway is an extremely important project of national importance, which has significance beyond the borders of Bulgaria as a vertical corridor from Greece to Romania, Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov said at..
Bulgaria has improved its rating in the World Happiness Report , but remains 85 th out of 147 countries, which is the lowest position for an EU..
On Saturday, the minimum temperatures in Bulgaria will be from minus 2 to 3°C. In Sofia it will be around 0°C. During the day it will be sunny with..
The importance of eurozone membership for Bulgaria was the focus of Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov's meeting with European Central Bank President..
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