In 2022, for the first time in recent years, there is an increase in the incidence of malignant neoplasms, according to the 2022 Annual Report on the State of Citizens' Health approved today by the government. The incidence of breast cancer, gastrointestinal cancer and male genital cancer is highest.
The document also reads that the birth rate continues to decline. Bulgaria continues to have the highest total mortality rate among the EU countries - 18.4 per 1,000 people compared to the EU average of 11.5. Circulatory system diseases (59.8%), neoplasms (13.7%), and COVID-19 (7.6%) were among the most common causes of death in 2022.
Minimum temperatures on Monday will be between minus 4 and 1°C. In Sofia it will be around minus 3°C. The mercury will hover between -3 and 0 °C in the north. Maximum temperatures in southern Bulgaria will be between 2 and 7°C. In the capital it will..
The one-year anniversary of the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was marked with a memorial service in Sofia's St Nedelya Cathedral. It was organised by the movement "For a Free Russia" - an association of Russian immigrants in..
Kristiyan Vladov and Stefan Kyurkchiev of the Plovdiv Museum of Natural History are working on a project to bring live fish from the southern Arctic Circle to Bulgaria . The aim is to create an Antarctic aquarium in Plovdiv, where visitors - from..
Bulgaria’s Premier Rosen Zhelyazkov convened an emergency meeting at the Council of Ministers on Saturday dedicated to the issue of food prices...
Bulgaria's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Georg Georgiev, participated in a working breakfast dedicated to addressing illegal migration and its..
Expanding connectivity between Bulgaria and Turkiye is an investment in the development of the entire region, President Rumen Radev said at a meeting..
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