Disability

A man living in the eastern province of Erzurum has finally proven he is alive after he was mistakenly listed as dead by Turkey's main social security service provider, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on July 5.

The minimal pension for people who have completed the requiorements for age and years of labor will be BGN 157.44 starting July 1. Meanwhile, the minimum pension for people with less years of employment will be slightly lower - BGN 133.82.

The information has been revealed in accordance with the calculations of the National Statistical Institute (NSI).

Hundreds of pilgrims gathered at Saint Savvas hospital from early on Friday to worship the relics of Saint Barbara being taken to the cancer clinic on Friday. The holy relic arrived in a silver casket shortly after 10 a.m.

During the High Level Meeting the achievements in the field of disability since the EU joined the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability (Convention) in 2011 will be analyzed.

Just 15 percent of Greece?s estimated 200,000 children living with a disability have access to education, a recent study by the local branch of nongovernmental organization ActionAid has found.

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The Ankara Accessible Film Festival kicks off April 20 for the third time, bringing together those with disabilities and the abled for a full-fledged festival experience With the motto, ?watching film together,? Turkey?s first and only ?accessible?

Bulgaria's Labor Minister Ivaylo Kalfin has come up with new proposals to amend the pension system, including measures to curb the unjustified allocation of disability pensions.

These include changes to the structure of the National Expert Doctors' Commission (NELK) and its local units in particular, commonly known as TELK.

''We demand rights, and not limitations,'' stated parents of children with impairments who gathered to stage an all-national protest in front of the Bulgarian Council of Ministers.

''We just want a respectable life for children and people with disabilities, and for their families, '' people protesting in Sofia added.

A bill allowing prisoners with serious disabilities to be released early is due to be submitted to Parliament next week despite objections from some opposition parties.