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01.07.2024
GERB-SDS receives first cabinet-forming mandate, proposes cabinet lineup
Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev handed the first cabinet-forming mandate to Rossen Zhelyazkov who is the prime minister-designate of the largest parliamentary ...
30.06.2024
Metropolitan Daniil of Vidin is the new Bulgaria's Patriarch
Metropolitan Daniil of Vidin has been elected as the new Bulgarian Patriarch. He received 69 votes at the election procedure on Sunday.
Metropolitan ...
28.06.2024
President Radev to hand the first exploratory mandate on Monday
Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev will hand the first exploratory mandate to form a government to the largest parliamentary group - GERB-SDS, on Monday, ...
27.06.2024
Key associate of Ruja Ignatova surrendered to authorities in USA
William Morro, a key associate of Ruja Ignatova, has surrendered to authorities in the United States. The Southern District of New York court revealed ...
27.06.2024
US announces $5m reward for information leading to arrest of notorious fugitive Ruja Ignatova
Bulgarian prosecutors and the FBI have worked together to uncover an embezzlement scheme involving Ruja Ignatova, acting Prosecutor-General Borislav Sarafov ...
19.06.2024
Bulgaria's National Assembly fails to elect a speaker
The 50th Parliament failed to elect a National Assembly speaker at the beginning of its first session on Wednesday.
There were four candidates: Raya ...
18.06.2024
Reuters Institute: NOVA TV - most trusted media source among privately owned media in Bulgaria
The News of NOVA and nova.bg website are the most popular news sources in Bulgaria, the annual Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2024 says.
The ...
18.06.2024
17 aftershocks followed earthquake near Plovdiv
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.3 on the Richter scale was registered near Plovdiv on Monday evening.
The quake occurred at 8:24 p.m. with an ...
17.06.2024
Bulgaria's President convenes the first session of the 50th National Assembly
Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev has issued a decree and convenes the first session of the 50th National Assembly on June 19 at 9 a.m. That was announced ...
11.06.2024
Based on 100% of Tally Sheets, GERB-UDF Wins Both Bulgarian Elections to European Parliament and National Assembly Elections
Based on 100% of tally sheets, the GERB-UDF coalition won both the Bulgarian elections to the European Parliament and the elections to the National Assembly, ...
10.06.2024
Vivacom is the first in Bulgaria to test the latest 5.5G mobile technology
Vivacom marked another major milestone in the telecommunications sector as the first in Bulgaria and one of the first operators worldwide, to launch tests ...
06.06.2024
United Fiber, subsidiary of United Group, to kick off new terrestrial cable between Athens and Thessaloniki, Greece, with UGI managing the commercialization
The new terrestrial cable between Athens and Thessaloniki, Greece, to kick off in September 2024 and to be completed by the end of 2025.
The new ...
04.06.2024
NOVA receives prestigious medal for premium quality from QUDAL
In the year when NOVA celebrates its 30th anniversary, it has been awarded a premium quality medal by QUDAL - QUality meDAL. The media received the highest ...
02.06.2024
Thunderstorms in western and north-central Bulgaria on Monday
Sunny weather will prevail on Monday before noon. Around and after noon, cumulus and cumulus-rain clouds will develop at first in western areas, later ...
02.06.2024
The extraordinary Sunday sitting of Bulgaria's Parliament does not gather a quorum
The extraordinary sitting of Bulgaria's National Assembly, convened for Sunday at the request of a group of MPs, did not take place due to lack of ...
29.05.2024
Marta Evtimova to become the new Chief Producer of News and Current Affairs at Nova Broadcasting Group
Nova Broadcasting Group has announced the appointment of Marta Evtimova as News and Current Affairs Chief Producer. She takes over the position effective ...
29.05.2024
Kozloduy NPP Unit 5 starts operation with US fuel
The new nuclear fuel is a safe and diversified source of energy, said caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev during a ceremony at the Kozloduy Nuclear ...
28.05.2024
Trains collide at Sofia Central Station, several people are injured
Two trains collided at Sofia Central Railway Station at around 16.40 on Tuesday. The crash occurred between a train bound for Plovdiv and another train ...
24.05.2024
Bulgaria marks Day of Bulgarian writing, culture, the Enlightenment and Slavic literature
On May 24 Bulgaria marks the day of the holy brothers Cyril and Methodius and Bulgarian writing, culture, the Enlightenment and Slavic literature.
Celebratory ...
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 ...
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 ...
