The first Red Cross Society in Bulgaria was founded in 1878 in Sliven with Metropolitan Seraphim as chairman, and the National Organization - in 1885, immediately after the Unification of the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.

The Bulgarian Red Cross is a voluntary organization, part of the International Red Cross Movement, and is guided in its work by its founding principles: neutrality, humanity, impartiality, independence, voluntariness, unity and universality.

Because of its national importance, the status of the organization is regulated in a special law: According to Art. 3 of the Law on BRC, its mission is to "assist the state in the humanitarian field, in preparing for actions in the event of martial law, military conflicts and disasters, to protect and strengthen the health of the population and to educate them in a spirit of high morality, charity and charity, as well as in accepting, storing and distributing aid provided by foreign countries, organizations and citizens with humanitarian, including environmental and cultural-educational purposes".

Today, 146 years later, the BCHK has nearly 17,000 volunteers, 7,650 of whom are youth, more than 141,000 members, 28 regional organizations and 2,691 societies across the country that have established it as an organization, prepared and having the capacity to respond to the needs of victims in various disaster and crisis situations both in the country and in different parts of the world, when providing support to victims of armed conflicts. Through its network of volunteers, the BRC supports vulnerable people, and through its training programs and activities for the benefit of society, it contributes to the relief and prevention of suffering in all its forms, protects health and life, and demands respect for the human person.

The traditions in the humanitarian field that the BRC has are long-term and wide-ranging, based on a large range of normative acts of national legislation and numerous international agreements and conventions, as well as numerous internal organizational documents.

The Medical University of Varna was established in 1961 and is named after Prof. Dr. Paraskev Stoyanov - the man who laid the foundations of the first Bulgarian surgical school in the history of medicine in Bulgaria.

MU-Varna University offers uncompromising quality in education - it is the first and only university in the country that introduced in 2008 the Business Excellence model of the European Foundation for Quality Management. The diplomas issued by the university are recognized in all European countries. MU-Varna has numerous clinical bases located throughout the country. The main training base for students, specialists and doctoral students is the University Hospital "St. Marina" in Varna - the most modern medical and diagnostic structure in North-Eastern Bulgaria, equipped with the latest generation equipment.

Along with high-tech laboratories and learning bases for practice, a library with electronic reading rooms and access to the best global information databases, the university is also proud of the sports achievements of its graduates in swimming, football, volleyball, basketball, tennis and boxing . The university also has a sailing team that competes in its own sailing boat. The university has a theater troupe, a rock band, and a dance ensemble. The Varna public knows the future doctors from the numerous charity and health campaigns that they initiate and carry out in our city annually.

The College is also proud of the sporting achievements of its alumni in swimming, football, volleyball, basketball and tennis. The university also has a sailing team, which from this year competes with its own sailing boat. The university has a theater troupe, a rock band, and a dance ensemble. The Varna public knows the future doctors from the numerous charity and health campaigns that they initiate and carry out in our city annually.

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