On March 8 the Bulgarian Fund for Women is to launch downtown Sofia a March for Women’s Rights which is against gender inequality and discrimination in various spheres of life. Similar street processions will be held in over 30 countries worldwide. The Bulgarian Fund for Women announced that one out of four Bulgarian women is victim to domestic violence. The march is also against the limited participation of women in the decision making processes and against the different remuneration paid to men and women working in the same field. In Bulgaria the women receive 14% lower salaries and 40% lower pensions compared to men.
The Bulgarian MPs gathered in plenary today for a sixth attempt to elect a President, which again proved unsuccessful. The chances of electing a Speaker of the 51st National Assembly are minimal The candidates Natalia Kiselova from..
Bulgaria's Ambassador to Egypt Deyan Katrachev met with Egypt's newly appointed Minister of Civil Aviation Sameh al-Hefny . At the meeting, which took place on 26 November, both discussed the updating of the air transport agreements between the two..
Representatives of the Food Safety Agency have arrived in Velingrad to take new samples from the 1,700 sheep quarantined because of a suspected plague outbreak. BNR correspondent in Pazardzhik Nevena Petrova reported that the Food Agency..
According to unofficial information, the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU has drafted a decision for the full admission of Bulgaria and..
The first marble statue discovered in the ancient city of Heraclea Sintica on 3 July, is probably of Lucius – grandson of Roman Emperor Octavian..
During the night, the weather will be predominantly clear and calm. There will be fog or low clouds before midday in parts of the lowlands, valleys..
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