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BAS Forecast: About 25% of the Bulgarian Population will Disappear by 2040

About 20 to 25 percent of the Bulgarian population will disappear by the year 2040 - this is what the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences forecasts for the demographic development of Bulgaria, the study will be presented by the government at the parliament.
 

#RomaniaPremianta First visually-impaired judoka in Romania international medallist, stand-out student at Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj

The first visually-impaired judoka in Romania, Alexandru Bologa, who won the bronze medal at the Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games in the autumn of 2016, and last year's gold medal at the European Championships for visually-impaired, is at the same time a student at Special Psychopedagogy at the Faculty of Psychology and Education of the Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj.

Romanian Migrant Workers Leave 96,000 Children Behind

Romanian migrant workers left over 96,000 children in the care of their relatives while at least one of the parents left the country to work abroad, according to statistics for 2017 from the Romanian Department of Child Protection which were published on Monday.

Almost 20,000 children have both parents working abroad, especially in other countries of the European Union.

Balkan Women Plan Protest Marches Across Region

Women's rights activists all over the Balkans will be leading other rights organisations and leftist groups at a series of rallies on Thursday, marking International Women's Day and demanding better rights and more equal treatment.

European Socialists Deny Rift With Romania's Ruling Party

The European Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament will not exclude Romania's Social Democratic Party - despite several members of the group criticizing Romania's ruling party and its allegedly illiberal justice policies.

"We have had no discussions on excluding them," a spokesperson from the centre-left group in the European Parliament told BIRN.

EU Women Earn 16 % Less than Men: Eurostat

Women in the European Union earned an average of 16 percent less than their male peers in 2016, official statistics agency Eurostat said Wednesday.

"For every euro that a man earned by the hour, a woman made an average of 84 cents," Eurostat said in a press release issued ahead of International Women's Day Thursday.

Romanian, German Police Crack Major Refugee Trafficking Network

Romanian and German police and organised crime prosecutors moved on Wednesday in a simultaneous operation to search scores of locations in both countries, to dismantle a refugee trafficking network whose hub was in Timisoara, western Romania.

Romania PM Escapes Censure in Autism Comment Row

Romanian human rights activists expressed anger on Tuesday after the country's anti-discrimination council decided the previous day that Prime Minister Viorica Dancila did not offend people with autism spectrum disorder when she called MEPs "autistic" for opposing changes to the country's justice system.

PM Dancila: No pensioner in the public system will have a decreased pension

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila announced on Sunday at the private TV station Romania TV that she wants a draft law on pensions to be presented in Parliament by the end of this year and that, based on it, no pensioner in the public system will have a decreased pension.

INSP: Flu death toll reaches 48 in Romania, year to date

The latest flu death toll in Romania reached 48, according to the National Centre for Supervision and Control of Communicable Diseases with the National Public Health Institute (INSP).

Flu Kills 37 In Romania Year To Date

The flu death toll has reached 37 in Romania, year to date, according to the latest information released on Tuesday by the National Centre for Supervision and Control of Communicable Diseases with the National Public Health Institute (INSP), says Agerpres report
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Greek police break up prostitution ring

Greek police said on Monday that they have unraveled a gang that procured foreign women via a website and arrested 12 people.

Among the victims of the gang was a young teenager from Bulgaria.

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