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A desperate Bulgarian mother gets help from an unexpected source
Pavlina Radkova is a mother who never gave up on her son Ivan’s chance of a “normal”
Will there be justice for the children left to die in ‘care’?
It’s over two years since the Prosecutor General in Bulgaria announced criminal investigations into the deaths of
Political turmoil and street protests continue in Bulgaria
By resigning last Thursday, the Bulgarian prime minister, Boyko Borisov hoped to defuse mounting public anger and
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A desperate Bulgarian mother gets help from an unexpected source
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Pavlina Radkova is a mother who never gave up on her son Ivan’s chance of a “normal” education in a country where disability intolerance is rife. Her bid to educate Ivan in a state school after battling with the authorities ever
Ruling in controversial US foster care adoption case
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Minn. Supreme Court issues ruling in controversial foster care adoption case: http://news360.com/article/177263239
Bulgaria criticised for ‘shameful failure’ on protecting rights of children at UNHCR
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The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) protested this week to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Bulgaria’s continuing disregard for the human rights of children growing up in institutional care. IHEU is an international NGO with Special Consultative Status with the UN (New
Hike in Maternity Benefits Will Not Boost Birth Rate
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Bulgaria’s Labor Minister: Hike in Maternity Benefits Will Not Boost Birth Rate http://news360.com/article/176446418
Will there be justice for the children left to die in ‘care’?
on: by Siobhain Santry
It’s over two years since the Prosecutor General in Bulgaria announced criminal investigations into the deaths of 238 children in state care. The deaths, a roll call of unbearable suffering, from starvation to violent abuse occurred between 2000 and 2010 –
Political turmoil and street protests continue in Bulgaria
on: by Siobhain Santry
By resigning last Thursday, the Bulgarian prime minister, Boyko Borisov hoped to defuse mounting public anger and put a stop to the daily street protests that were turning increasingly violent. However, the move looks to have backfired with more protests in
Medicine PhD Arkadiy Shmilovich and Stereotypes
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Medicine PhD Arkadiy Shmilovich talks about sterotypes in and around psychiatry, diseases we do not notice and social rights of handicapped in Russia and other countries in his interview with Bolshoy Gorod magazine. Link to original article Link to the automactically
Rosa Monckton asks how can things change for the children of Bulgaria’s institutions?
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It was something about the twins that got to me; after seeing so many baby institutions and children’s homes, I had almost grown used to abandoned children in ranks of cots, staring at the ceiling. The twins — a boy and
Former Director Of Baby Home Wins Case Against Unfair Dismissal
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10 December 2012 The District Court in Pleven has overturned the decision by the Ministry of Health to sack Dr Kostova as Director of the Home for Medical and Social Care of Children in Pleven. The ‘home’ is one of the
Still waiting for Deinstitutionalisation by Maria Sharkova
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17 Juy 2012 I spent almost a year in the children’s home in Mogilino as an interpreter and assistant of Kate Blewett during the filming of “Bulgaria’s abandoned children”, which was aired on the BBC in 2007. The time spent in