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30.12.2020
Primary schools and kindergartens in Sofia ready to open on January 4
Schools for students from 1st to 4th grade, kindergartens and nurseries in Sofia will open on January 4, Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova announced.
Children ...
30.12.2020
Bulgaria to receive over EUR 880 million under Rural Development Programme
Over EUR 880million will be allocated to Bulgaria under the Rural Development Programme over the next two years, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and ...
30.12.2020
Bulgaria ready to help Croatia after devastating earthquake
Bulgaria is ready to help Croatia after the strong earthquake that rocked the country on Yuesday. That was announced by the Deputy Prime Minister and ...
30.12.2020
337 new COVID-19 cases reported
Bulgaria has registered 337 new cases of coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours. Most of them are in Sofia - 72, Varna - 28, and Shumen - 24.
14.23% ...
28.12.2020
Russia declares Bulgarian diplomat persona non grata
Bulgaria’s Ambassador to the Russian Federation Atanas Krastin was invited today to a protocol meeting at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ...
28.12.2020
699 Bulgarians get COVID-19 vaccine in one day
The inoculation of medics working at the frontline against COVID-19 continues for the second day in Sofia and other Bulgarian cities. Director of Alexandrovska ...
28.12.2020
332 new COVID-19 cases reported
332 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Bulgaria in the past 24 hours. The highest number of coronavirus infections were registered in Sofia-109, ...
25.12.2020
Bulgarian President and Prime Minister greet Bulgarians on Christmas
Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev and Prime Minister Boyko Borissov greeted Bulgarians on the arrival of Christmas via their Facebook profiles, wishing ...
25.12.2020
Bulgaria's Patriarch Neophyte serves festive Nativity liturgy
His Holiness the Bulgarian Patriarch and Metropolitan of Sofia Neophyte has led the festive liturgy on the occasion of the Nativity of Christ.
He ...
25.12.2020
772 new COVID-19 cases reported
Bulgaria has registered 772 new cases of coronavirus for the last 24 hours. This is 21% of the 3,669 tests performed.
The highest number of new cases ...
24.12.2020
25 scientists from Bulgarian Academy of Sciences ranked among the best in the world
25 scientists from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) are among the top 2% of top scientists in the world, according to a ranking by Stanford University. This ...
24.12.2020
Bulgaria to start vaccination on Dec 27 with Health Minister and frontline health workers
Anti-epidemic measures are working and there are no more areas in the red zone. This became clear at a working meeting of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov ...
24.12.2020
1615 new COVID-19 cases registered in Bulgaria
Within the last 24 hours, 1615 new cases of COVID-19 have been registered in Bulgaria. The results from the rapid antigen tests have also been included ...
23.12.2020
Bulgaria resumes flights from UK
At noon today Bulgaria is resuming flights from the UK which were suspended over the new strain of Covid-19. Arrivals will be tested using antigen tests ...
23.12.2020
Bulgaria extends anti-crisis measures until September 2021
The 60/40 wage support scheme will continue until September 2021. The 80/20 anti-crisis measure, as well as “Save Me” measure adopted to help businesses ...
23.12.2020
Borissov: We are always ready to help our closest neighbors and friends
"We are always ready to help our closest neighbors and friends", Bulgaria’s Premier Boyko Borissov told his Macedonian counterpart Zoran Zaev on Facebook on ...
23.12.2020
1799 new COVID-19 cases reported
1,799 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Bulgaria in the past 24 hours, out of 6,233 PCR tests performed. 29% of the PCR tests have returned ...
23.12.2020
Borissov: 2020 was very hard, together we will overcome the challenges
"Me and my colleagues from the Council of the European Union want to thank all the medics in Europe for the immense efforts they put in saving lives. ...
23.12.2020
Rapid antigen tests equated with PCR tests
By order of Minister of Health Kostadin Angelov, rapid antigen tests are being added as a laboratory criterion in diagnosing COVID-19.
Persons with ...
23.12.2020
Bulgaria loosens one of the anti-epidemic measures
One of the bans imposed by order of Bulgaria's Minister of Health in the fight against the pandemic falls on Tuesday. All athletes who have not reached ...
22.12.2020
Twice as many cured as newly infected with COVID-19 in Bulgaria for a day
1,277 are new cases of coronavirus registered in Bulgaria in the last 24 hours. A total of 4,304 PCR tests were performed. Positive samples were 29.6% ...
21.12.2020
Chairman of Bulgarian Medical Association: The virus is changing, and we've known that already
Now is not the time for hysteria or panic and there is no new strain, the chairman of the Bulgarian Medical Association, Dr. Ivan Madzharov, told NOVA.
"The ...
21.12.2020
Training center being renovated to become dormitory for hundred nurses
The government has provided over 500,000 euros for the renovation of the former teachers' institute in Pazardzhik, which will provide health care training ...
21.12.2020
166 new COVID-19 cases reported
Bulgaria reports 166 new cases of COVID-19 for the past 24 hours. This is 21% of the 790 PCR tests performed, according to the National Information Portal. ...
21.12.2020
Bulgaria bans travel from UK until end of January
As of today, Bulgaria has introduced a ban on all arrivals from Great Britain and Northern Ireland through all entry points and with all modes of transportation. ...
21.12.2020
The Ministry of Health announce plan to attract medics
The Ministry of Health and the National Association of Municipalities have been developing a plan to attract medics to municipalities that experience lack ...
21.12.2020
Bulgaria’s Pamporovo resort opens new ski season
Bulgaria’s mountain resort of Pamporovo opened 2020/21 ski season on Saturday.
In the period between December 19 and 27, the resort is offering ...
21.12.2020
Nikolay Vitanov: We shall feel the effect of vaccination once 2 million have been inoculated
“We shall only begin to feel the effect of the coronavirus vaccine once 2 million people have been inoculated,” said mathematician Prof. Nikolay Vitanov ...
19.12.2020
Russian diplomat in Sofia declared persona non grata
Following a report by the State Agency for National Security a pre-litigation procedure has been launched against a Russian diplomat who collected information, ...
19.12.2020
Man carrying 24kg of cocaine detained at border with Turkey
Customs officers at the Lesovo border checkpoint have detained a man carrying 23,600 kg of cocaine in a car arriving from Turkey, BTA has reported. The ...
19.12.2020
Prosecutor's Office requests check on heating prices
The Supreme Administrative Prosecutor's Office has called on the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission to check whether the requirements for the formation ...
19.12.2020
First vaccines expected to arrive in Bulgaria on December 25
The first vaccines against COVID-19 are expected to arrive in Bulgaria on December 25. Special teams of the National Vaccination Task Force have been set ...
19.12.2020
2042 new COVID-19 cases reported
2,042 are the new cases of COVID-19, established in Bulgaria for the last 24 hours. This is 29.92% of the 6,825 PCR tests performed.
The highest number ...
17.12.2020
Tighter anti-epidemic measures in Bulgaria extended
Most of the emergency anti-epidemic measures in Bulgaria will remain in force until January 31, 2021. That was announced at the weekly briefing of the ...
17.12.2020
Traders and customers will be fined for large gatherings of people
Failure to comply with anti-epidemic measures in large retail chains will result in sanctions for both retailers and customers. This was what Minister ...
17.12.2020
1959 new COVID-19 cases reported
1,959 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Bulgaria in the past 24 hours out of 6,113 PCR tests performed. 32% of the PCR tests have returned positive.
The ...
17.12.2020
Bulgaria's Statistical Institute calls for postponement of national census
The National Statistical Institute has requested a postponement of the national census due to the epidemic situation. The chairman of the institute, Sergey ...
17.12.2020
Prime Minister Borissov and US Ambassador Mustafa held a meeting
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and US Ambassador Herro Mustafa held a meeting on Wednesday to discuss important points of the strategic relationship ...
17.12.2020
UK reduces quarantine for arrivals from Bulgaria to 10 days
The United Kingdom has reduced the quarantine for those arriving from Bulgaria from 14 to 10 days. The changes are valid from December 14, 2020, the Bulgarian ...
17.12.2020
Bulgaria's cabinet allocates BGN 100 million for hospitals
Bulgaria's government allocates nearly BGN 100 million for hospitals across the country which provide over 50% of their bed capacity for the treatment ...
