healthcare

2012-05-18Macedonia fell five places in the Euro Health Consumer Index, while Croatia moved up six slots as the best performer in health care among eight Southeast European countries.

2012-02-24Patients and healthcare practicioners alike are growing increasingly frustrated.

2012-01-24Public healthcare in Albania suffers from serious deficiencies.

2011-11-09If the government does not accept demands for increased wages, Montenegro's healthcare workers are prepared to radicalise their protest.

2011-10-05A new ultra-modern clinic in Macedonia provides affordable treatment, raising hopes for many infertile couples in the region.

2011-04-07Lack of funding has affected the services at many state-run facilities, patients complain.

2011-03-14ANKARA, Turkey -- Over 10,000 doctors and medical students gathered in front of the health ministry in Ankara on Sunday (March 13th) to protest a gov...

2010-12-09A new report finds Bulgaria and Romania are among the countries within the EU with the lowest life expectancy at birth.

2010-08-24BUCHAREST, Romania -- Prosecutors pressed murder charges against a nurse Monday (August 23rd) in connection with the deadly fire that broke out a wee...

2010-08-18Experts say Monday's catastrophe at a Bucharest maternity hospital points to a flawed healthcare system.

2010-08-09Serbian citizens will be receiving electronic health cards by 2013. Also in science and technology: Bulgarian astronomers discover a new planet.

2010-05-04Crucial changes are needed to provide every Bulgarian with the best possible treatment, Health Minister Anna-Maria Borissova says.

2010-04-22Kosovo intends to implement new strategies to reduce death rates among infants and their mothers, according to the health ministry.

2010-04-08SOFIA, Bulgaria -- Anna-Maria Borissova, an endocrinologist and a professor at the Medical University in Sofia, has been chosen as next health minist...

2010-04-05A state-run psychiatric hospital in Romania -- long criticised for poor conditions -- is under scrutiny with the complaint reaching the human rights court in Strasbourg.

2010-04-02TIRANA, Albania -- Health Minister Petrit Vasili announced on Thursday (April 1st) plans to build five new hospitals this year. "We can easily say th...

2010-04-02SOFIA, Bulgaria -- The agriculture ministry announced on Thursday (April 1st) that a dead bird found near the city of Varna on the Black Sea coast ha...

2010-04-01SOFIA, Bulgaria -- The government on Wednesday (March 31st) approved a set of 59 anti-crisis measures, agreed upon by the social and economic council...

2010-03-16SOFIA, Bulgaria -- Finance Minister Simeon Dyankov confirmed on Monday (March 15th) that the government has dropped the idea of raising health insura...

2010-03-15SOFIA, Bulgaria -- Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is backing away from a proposal to raise health insurance contributions by 2% to 10%, looking instead...