The digitisation of services is widening the rural-urban gap in many ways, exacerbating digital exclusion.
"We have unreliable mobile connectivity, most likely due to our geographical location," said Plamen Hristov, principal of St. Cyril and Methodius primary school in Dushevo, Bulgaria.
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Polya Pencheva is a Bulgarian freelance journalist based in Brussels
Polya Pencheva is a Bulgarian freelance journalist based in Brussels