Social Assistance Directorate

Bulgaria: A Boy is in Hospital after being Severely Beaten by his Stepfather

A six-year-old boy is in the Razgrad hospital after being severely beaten by his stepfather.

The child was beaten a week ago in the village of Hersovo, where he lived with his mother and stepfather. The mayor reported his condition, as the boy was locked up at home so that the bruises and swelling on his body would not be noticed.

Sofia Police Search for a 7-year-old Girl and her Father

Police search for 7-year-old Maria Hristova Sedmakova and her 39-year-old Hristo Hristov Sedmakov, the press center of the Interior Ministry announced.

According to the mother, she saw them on July 27 in the Social Assistance Directorate - Slatina, both of them carrying identification papers.

The little girl is about 130 cm high, with dark brown eyes and long brown hair.

Roma in Bulgaria's Garmen Have Started Voluntarily Demolishing Illegal Buildings

Only 24 houses in the Roma neighborhood of Kremikovtsi in the southwestern village of Garmen are legal, according to the results of joint inspections of power distributor CEZ, Bugaria's National Construction Control Directorate, and the Social Assistance Directorate.