Bulgaria Cuts Student Loan Interest from 7% to 3% to Support Education
Bulgaria’s Parliament has approved changes to the Law on Lending to Students and Doctoral Students, reducing the interest rate on student loans from 7% to 3%
Bulgarian Education
Smiles | October 4, 2011, Tuesday // 20:44
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"I've been all over the globe, and I haven't seen a better education system than Bulgaria's anywhere in the world!" declares the Bulgarian Education Minister in a speech at the opening of the new school year in a major university in Sofia.
"This dude is jerking our chains here.. Globe? Everybody knows the earth is flat..." one fresh product of the Bulgarian education system, i.e. a freshman, reacts.
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