Categorized as a Semi-Consolidated Democracy, Bulgaria receives a Democracy Percentage of 58 out of 100 in the Nations in Transit report by the US non-governmental organization Freedom House. Countries receiving this score are electoral democracies that meet relatively high standards for the selection of national leaders, but exhibit weaknesses in their defense of political rights and civil liberties.
Freedom House is the oldest American NGO. The organization receives more than 80% of its funding from the United States Federal Government.
At night, the wind will shift from the north-northeast and bring in cold air. On Tuesday, cloudy weather will prevail. In many places there will be snowfalls. The lowest temperatures will be between minus 1°C and 4°C; in Sofia -..
The fire in a discotheque in the Macedonian town of Kocani, which killed 59 young people and injured more than 150, has prompted preventive action by the authorities in Bulgaria. The fire service has launched additional inspections of nearly 260..
Dozens of people have responded to the call of the Pirogov Emergency Hospital in Sofia to donate blood in support of the victims of the fire in Kočani, North Macedonia. The campaign is organized by the Bulgarian Red Cross. It will..
A protest is taking place in Sofia to demand maximum sentences for a man and a woman who killed animals in a particularly cruel way. So far, nearly..
In response to the tragedy in North Macedonia, where more than 50 people lost their lives in a fire at a nightclub in the town of Kočani, Foreign..
Overnight, clouds over the north and east will bring brief showers. There will be light to moderate westerly winds which will increase in strength on..
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