University of Plovdiv

Bulgarian Students Shun Home Universities for Colleges Abroad

Top universities in Bulgaria have announced hundreds of vacant places for students - while foreign institutions, especially in Britain and The Netherlands, attract some of the country's best graduates.

Sofia University, the highest-ranking Bulgarian higher-education institution, on Friday said it had over 850 places after three clearings.

Bulgarian Patriarch: 'Schools and Church Must Work Together for the Prosperity of Bulgaria'

His Holiness Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyt has welcomed representatives of the Association of Bulgarian Schools Abroad, whose aim is preserving the national identity of Bulgarians abroad, Standard New reported.

It was pointed out that the Bulgarian Orthodox Church has always actively supported the association.