Balgarianovinite.com In Sofia, the government has approved funding for only two new kindergartens, Sofia’s Deputy Mayor for Education Desislava Zhelyazkova said, as quoted by the municipality’s press office. She was commenting on the parliamentary Committee on Budget and Finance’s decision not to back the EUR 570 million education investment programme for the construction and expansion of kindergartens, nurseries and schools.
“Sofia, the city with the largest number of children and the most acute shortage of kindergarten places, has been allocated funding for only two new kindergartens, the same number as Blagoevgrad. Meanwhile, seven new kindergartens are planned for Plovdiv and five for Pazardzhik. In the capital, 45 municipal schools still operate on a two-shift schedule, yet funding has been approved to expand only one of them. At the same time, projects are being financed in areas where there is no real shortage, while the neighbourhoods with the greatest need are being left without adequate support. Investment should follow need,” Zhelyazkova said.
She warned that rejecting the programme would have real consequences for thousands of families. “Instead of discussing how to build more kindergartens and schools, we heard claims during the debate that the current mayor had already made Sofia such an undesirable place to live that the shortage of kindergarten places and the need for two-shift schooling would soon solve themselves,” she said. In her words, such remarks reflect a dangerous logic: rather than investing in a solution, the state is counting on the problem to diminish on its own.
Zhelyazkova noted that over the past two years, Sofia Municipality has created more than 2,400 new places in kindergartens and nurseries. The municipality is currently working on 23 projects to build and expand kindergartens and nurseries. “To overcome the deficit that has accumulated over the past decade, we also need an active government policy that directs investment to where the need is greatest,” the Deputy Mayor said. Funding Approved for Only Two New Kindergartens in Sofia – Sofia’s Deputy Mayor for Education 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-07-22 19:18:51 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law