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Today's Observances: July 10

Military attachés serving with Bulgarian diplomatic missions abroad gathered for an annual conference with Bulgarian government leaders here on Tuesday, the Defence Intelligence Service said.

Three former MPs from the party Velichie - Darin Georgiev, Victoria Vassileva and Georgi Kukov, now independent, submitted to Parliament a request for the establishment of an ad hoc committee to investigate the activities of Ivelin Mihaylov, says a report on the National Assembly website on Tuesday.

Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) Floor Leader Delyan Peevski here on Tuesday announced his parliamentary group’s decision to send letters of invitation to talks for the second government-forming mandate to all parties in Parliament except for Vazrazhdane.

On July 8, public natural gas supplier Bulgargaz started arbitration proceedings against Russia’s Gazprom Export before the Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Paris. The claim filed is for damages of over EUR 400 million suffered as a result of the unilateral suspension of natural gas supplies more than two years ago, at the end of April 2022

Martin Georgiev, head of the Managing Authority of the Transport Connectivity Programme 2021-2027 at the Ministry of Transport and Communications told BTA that transport policies aim to encourage the use of environmentally friendly modes of transport, to support the development of alternative fuels and to improve the quality of road, rail and port infrastructure.

The Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) Board will meet on July 16 on the matter related to a decision by the Anti-Corruption Commission which deemed BNB Deputy Governor Andery Gyurov incompatible with his position, BNB Governor Dimitar Radev told BTA.

For April 2024, Bulgaria’s seasonally adjusted services production increased by 1.8 %, compared to 0.3 % in March 2024. In both the euro area and the EU, services production grew by 1.1%, according to first estimates from Eurostat. On a year-on-year

Vice President Iliana Iotova will open an international scientific conference on crisis management and opportunities for forecasting processes in an environment of persistent uncertainty at the Mirror Hall of Sofia University's main building at 10 a.m. on July 10, the head of State’s press secretariat said on Tuesday.

The fifth edition Sofia Summer Fest will start on July 18 with a concert by Vasil Naydenov, the festival organizers announce. Over 30 days the programme features  theatre, stand-up comedy, cinema and a children's programme. Theatre productions

The Jazz in Burgas Festival will be held between July 11 and 13 at the Flora Exhibition Centre in the seaside city, said the organizers on Monday. The festival will offer the audience a series of concerts as Bulgarian and foreign artists will be guests, including the Australian formation David Dower Trio and the young Brazilian musician Will Sant.

Five more Bulgarian higher education institutions joined alliances with European universities. The Veliko Tarnovo University, the Angel Kanchev University in Ruse, Academy of Economics in Svishtov, the University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy in Sofia and the Burgas Free University, said the Ministry of Education and Science on Monday.

Bulgaria is fully ready to resume the Ruse-Giurgiu ferry line. The project is of key importance for easing traffic between Bulgaria and Romania in view of the upcoming repair works on the Danube Bridge. This was stated by the caretaker Transport and Communications Minister Georgi Gvozdeikov during a meeting with caretaker Regional Development and Public Works Minister Violeta Koritarova and Romania's Ambassador in Sofia Brundusa Predescu, the ministry's press centre said on Monday.

Lovech hosted a local conference under BTA's project "Europe in the Balkans: A Common Future" on Thursday. The forum took place at the Agency’s National Press Club and was attended by representatives of the local administration, business, academia, and the Regional Information Centre. The participants discussed the new developments for the 2021-2027 programming period and the results achieved in the 2014-2020 programming period.

During the 2014-2020 programming period, Troyan Municipality and businesses attracted over BGN 45 million, Mayor Donka Mihaylova said at the "Europe in the Balkans: A Common Future" conference in Lovech.

In Lovech Region, 1,057 projects were implemented under the Operational Programmes of the European Structural and Investment Funds during the 2014-2020 programming period, Mariana Bandrova, expert at the Regional Information Centre, said at the "Europe in the Balkans: A Common Future" conference in Lovech on Thursday.