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23.05.2024
Bulgaria's CEC designates 769 polling stations in 60 countries for parliamentary elections
Bulgaria's Central Election Commission has designated the establishment of 769 polling stations in 60 countries for the forthcoming elections on June ...
22.05.2024
Trade unions demand that minimum monthly salary in Bulgaria increases by 15.7%
In 2025, the minimum monthly salary should go up to BGN 1080 BGN (EUR 542), said Lyuboslav Kostov, Chief Economist at the Confederation of Independent ...
22.05.2024
US Defense Intelligence Agency delegation visited Sofia
Defense Intelligence Agency's Chief of Europe Eurasia Regional Center Patrick Prior and a delegation led by him paid a working visit to Sofia, the ...
21.05.2024
Parliament obligates National Social Security Institute to raise pensions by 11%
Bulgaria's MPs obligated the supervisory board of the National Social Security Institute to support the revaluation of pensions by 11% as of July ...
21.05.2024
Bulgaria sends 100-strong contingent to KFOR in Kosovo
A new Bulgarian military contingent has been sent to Kosovo in a ceremony in Blagoevgrad. More than 100 Bulgarian military personnel are joining the Operational ...
15.05.2024
Bulgarian Finance Minister Petkova takes part in ECOFIN Council meeting
Bulgaria's caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lyudmila Petkova took part in an Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting in ...
13.05.2024
EU expects Skopje to implement agreements with Sofia and Athens in good faith
The European Union expects the new President and the new government of the Republic of North Macedonia to work on the country's progress towards the ...
13.05.2024
Government to back 11% pension rise at social security institute
At a meeting of the Supervisory Board of the National Social Security Institute (NSSI) on Tuesday, the representatives of the executive branch of government ...
10.05.2024
Prime Minister: Bulgaria can't make more concessions towards North Macedonia
Bulgaria can't make more concessions, said Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Dimitar Glavchev, speaking to journalists in connection with election ...
09.05.2024
Defence ministers of Bulgaria, UK discuss opportunities to jointly counter risks, threats
Bulgaria's caretaker Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov and his counterpart from the UK, Leo Docherty, discussed opportunities for jointly countering ...
09.05.2024
Interior Ministry opens 24-hour hotline for alerts related to election process
From May 9 to June 10, the Ministry of the Interior will operate a 24-hour hotline - telephone 02 90 112 98 and email izbori@mvr.bg - for reports of violations ...
08.05.2024
Bulgarian President Radev confers with Azerbaijan’s National Assembly Chair Gafarova
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev conferred with Sahiba Gafarova, Chairperson of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan, in Baku on Wednesday. The President ...
05.05.2024
Orthodox world marks Easter
Today the Orthodox Church marks Easter, one of the most significant holidays in the Orthodox Christian calendar. As believers across the world commemorate ...
03.05.2024
President Radev: Bulgaria supports international efforts to bring peace to Gaza
Bulgaria supports and actively participates in international efforts aimed at achieving a ceasefire, securing the release of hostages and restoring dialogue ...
03.05.2024
Reporters without Borders: Bulgaria climbs to 59th place in media freedom ranking
Bulgaria has climbed 12 positions to 59th place in Reporters Without Borders' annual media freedom ranking for 2024. It was published on May 3 - World ...
03.05.2024
Unit 5 of Kozloduy NPP to close for repairs and refueling with US nuclear fuel
The fifth unit of Bulgaria's only nuclear power plant at Kozloduy will be shut down for planned annual repairs and refueling with nuclear fuel on May ...
02.05.2024
Price of natural gas in Bulgaria drops
Natural gas will cost 54.70 Leva (EUR 27.93) per MWh in May, excluding the cost for access, transit, excise and VAT. The decision was made by the Energy ...
02.05.2024
Caretaker cabinet reverses decision to build private children’s hospital in Sofia
The Council of Ministers reversed its decision for the construction of a private general hospital "Mom and Me" in Sofia. On Wednesday, caretaker Prime ...
01.05.2024
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30.04.2024
Bulgaria's President vetoes amendments to Investment Promotion Act
Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev vetoed certain amendments to the Investment Promotion Act. The provisions threaten environmental protection and pose ...
26.04.2024
Hail storm destroyed crops in parts of Bulgaria
Hail storm destroyed crops in the regions of Plovdiv, Haskovo, Stara Zagora and Sliven. There were no injured people.
The area around Simeonovgrad ...
25.04.2024
Speaker of Bulgaria's National Assembly removed from office
Bulgaria's National Assembly removed its chairman Rosen Zhelyazkov from office on Thursday. 129 MPs voted in favour and 103 MPs voted against his dismissal. It ...
24.04.2024
Eurostat: Bulgaria is in Top 3 EU countries with the highest ratios in ICT services
In 2021, the value added of the EU’s information and communication technology (ICT) sector was equivalent to 5.5% of the EU’s gross value added: 4.7% ...
24.04.2024
New council to coordinate policies for Bulgarians abroad
A Council for Coordination of Policies for Bulgarians Abroad is being established. This will be a permanent advisory body to the Council of Ministers, ...
23.04.2024
Bulgarian delegation will not travel to Jerusalem for the Holy Fire
Due to the ongoing military actions in Israel, the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church has decided that this year a representative of Bulgaria ...
22.04.2024
Bulgaria's Central Election Commission plans to open 60 polling stations abroad
Bulgaria's Central Election Commission is planning to open a total of 60 polling stations abroad for the early parliamentary elections and the elections ...
22.04.2024
Bulgaria's Caretaker PM appointed to the post of minister of foreign affairs
Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev appointed Dimitar Glavchev to the post of caretaker minister of foreign affairs, and Georgi Tahov to the position of ...
18.04.2024
President Radev confers with Italian counterpart Mattarella
Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev conferred with his Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella here on Wednesday. Radev thanked Mattarella for the intensive ...
18.04.2024
President to invite caretaker PM to discuss cabinet changes on Friday
President Rumen Radev said here Wednesday that he would invite Friday the caretaker Prime Minister, Dimitar Glavchev, to discuss with him proposed Cabinet ...
16.04.2024
Prime Minister Glavchev to attend extraordinary European Council in Brussels
Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev will participate in an extraordinary European Council meeting on April 17 and 18 in Brussels, the government information ...
16.04.2024
Prime Minister wants Agriculture Minister replaced
Caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev proposes that Kiril Vatev be replaced as Minister of Agriculture and Food by State Fund Agriculture Executive ...
16.04.2024
Patriarch Neophyte's grave desecrated, suspect detained
The grave of the late head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church (BOC), Patriarch Neophyte, who died on March 13 at the age of 78, has been desecrated, BOC ...
16.04.2024
Vice President Iliana Iotova: Prime Minister Glavchev owes answers to all bulgarian citizens regarding proposal to replace Foreign Minister
The caretaker Prime Minister owes answers to all Bulgarian citizens, Vice President Iliana Iotova said here on Tuesday regarding the proposal to replace ...
16.04.2024
Caretaker PM Glavchev proposes Stefan Dimitrov's replacement as Foreign Minister by GERB MP Daniel Mitov
Caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev initiated changes in the caretaker cabinet's composition, the Government's press service reported here ...
15.04.2024
Germany firmly backs Bulgaria's full Schengen membership - Interior Minister Nancy Faeser
Visiting Bulgaria on Monday, German Federal Minister of the Interior and Community Nancy Faeser said that her country's federal government considered ...
12.04.2024
Minister Mundrov: Certification of voting machines will be transparent
"The first and main task of the E-governance Ministry is the certification of conformity of the voting machine. I assure you that we'll make this certification ...
12.04.2024
Foreign Minister Dimitrov assures elections abroad will be smooth
No one should be worried, neither the citizens nor the administration. Everything is going as it has been going - flawlessly. This is what the caretaker ...
11.04.2024
SANS Deputy Chairman dismissed
The Council of Ministers adopted a decision to dismiss Petar Petrov early from the position of deputy chairman of the State Agency for National Security ...
10.04.2024
No Valour Day military parade to be held this May 6
The Day of Valour and of the Bulgarian Armed Forces, May 6, will be observed with a ceremony at Sofia's Monument to the Unknown Soldier, caretaker ...
10.04.2024
Three deputy finance ministers appointed
Metodi Metodiev, Stefan Belchev and Martin Danovski have been appointed deputy ministers of finance by an order of caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev, ...