Alpha Research

The Vaccination Campaign in Bulgaria Has Stalled due to a Lack of Trust

 According to the Bulgarian health minister Angelov, Some GPs advise their patients not to get vaccinated.

Bulgaria is the country with the lowest vaccination rate in the EU - 1.2 doses per 100 people.

For comparison, the average in the EU is 5.3, and in the UK - 24.7.

The reason for this lag is the distrust in the institutions, writes Bloomberg in an analysis.

Bulgaria: Year after Pandemic’s Outbreak, How It Changed Our Life

Nearly a year after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, almost every second Bulgarian believes that it has changed not just individual aspects of our daily life, but our overall way of life,  show the results of the latest nationally representative survey of Alpha Research, conducted between 8-15 February among 1,007 adult citizens.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Clashes With President Over Elections

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borissov arrives at the EU summit in Brussels, October 2, 2020. EPA-EFE/Olivier Matthys / POOL

Borissov criticized Radev's decision, saying it was hard to know how the pandemic would unfold by late March and implying that elections should be delayed.

Alpha Research: Ruling Coalition without GERB or BSP Is Highly Unlikely

More than 40 percent of Bulgarians expect that there will be no landslide winner in the upcoming parliamentary elections, they rather think that several parties will have close results. In this situation, an equal number of people are to form governing coalitions with the political formations garnering the most votes - GERB and BSP.

Over Half of Bulgarians Believe New Year will Be Better for Them

Negative balance for 2020 and optimism for 2021 in anticipation of vaccine and economic recovery - such are the attitudes of Bulgarians according to the results of the regular quarterly national-representative survey of Alpha Research, conducted between 11-18 December 2020 among 1037 adult citizens.

For the First Time: Bulgaria's Prime Minister and President with Equal Public Support

For the first time since taking office, Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev has the same level of trust as Prime Minister Borissov. President Rumen Radev and Prime Minister Boyko Borissov have the support of 40% of people in a representative poll conducted by Alpha Research Agency. 

3/4 of Bulgarians Would Seek a Donor, but only 1/3 Would Consent to a Donation

Three-quarters of Bulgarians would seek transplantation when needed, but only one-third would consent to organ donation. This shows a survey conducted at the end of September through 800 interviews, commissioned by the Ministry of Health. The survey was carried out by the sociological agency Alpha Research.

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