The number of vineyards in Bulgaria is falling dramatically, Atanas Vassilev, president of the National Association of Bulgarian Winegrowers, told BNR. " In the 1990s we were fourth in the world with 1.8 million hectares, but at the moment the..
Bulgaria will not be able to meet all the criteria for joining the euro area by the time the convergence report is published in June , Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) governor Dimitar Radev said at a conference on euro adoption in Sofia. "The main..
One in four Bulgarian children are growing up without their parents because they are working abroad, MEP Petar Vitanov stated during a conference dedicated to the social consequences of European mobility and the children who get left at home. Vitanov..
The initiative to mark October 15 as White Cane Safety Day originated in the United States with a special resolution by President Lyndon Johnson. Six years later, in 1970, it was proclaimed by the President of the International Federation of the..
The number of pharmacies in Bulgaria is almost twice the European average, the Bulgarian Pharmaceutical Union (BPU) said on the occasion of World Pharmacist Day. The large number of pharmacies leads to a shortage of staff, said the union's chairman..
The first visit of a Serbian head of state to Bosilegrad and the region in 97 years, with which President Aleksandar Vucic launched his ambitious programme to solve the country's problems, became the occasion for the detention of two citizens of..
Fruit and vegetable growers are gathering in Plovdiv today for a national meeting . The event is organised by the Fruit and Vegetable Chamber and the National Association of Potato Growers. They will be discussing a "Long-term strategy for the..
The Association of Fruit Growers in Bulgaria reports another challenging year in the agricultural sector. However, the problems are not so much related to the unusually warm winter, nor to the lack of sufficient irrigation water, but to the..
