People with disabilities are veritable champions when it comes to willpower whatever their abilities, say the organizers of the festival “Happy hand in hand”, whose 8 th edition is taking place on 5 October. The festival aims to bring attention to..
The first Day Center for adults with severe multiple disabilities opened doors in the capital city, Nadezhda Bacheva, Deputy Mayor of Sofia has announced. The newly opened center, located in the "Slatina" district, has 30 places..
More than 300 people with disabilities are voting from their homes today in Sofia. They vote with mobile ballot boxes in 14 polling stations. The mobile teams will visit 16 districts of Sofia Municipality, where people with disabilities wanted to vote..
The Agency for People with Disabilities has created an interactive map with accessible sites in Bulgaria, the press center of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy has reported. Citizens themselves register the sites, which can now..
From December 1, 2023 , until February 28, 2024 , a low-emission zone will be implemented in central Sofia in the so-called "small ring", reported BNR ’s Radio Sofia. At intersections where one enters the small ring, there must be..
People with disabilities came out to protest in front of the Council of Ministers. Their demands are for shorter delays in the delivery of decisions by the medical commissions and that secondary diseases are also taken into account, not only the main..
A new social programme will support elderly people and people with disabilities. A total of 32,000 elderly people and persons with disablities in need of special care will be served in their homes. The social service is under a new programme..
T he Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (BHC) has launched a campaign which aims to promote human rights, the press center of the organization said. For the purpose, a special page has been created on the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee’s website...
62-year-old Albena Peneva, who has motor impairment due to a brain stroke, swam for two hours without interruption in a pool in Bulgaria's coastal city Burgas . By two minutes, she exceeded the previously announced two hours of continuous swimming of a..
The Ukrainian refugees coming Bulgaria find food and shelter. However, this is not enough for the children and people with special needs, who are left with almost no care. “Bulgaria is by no means prepared to receive such people. It..
