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Yordanka Chobanova, Head of European Commission Representation, said that regional connectivity is becoming a key priority for Europe, and the European Commission has proposed doubling the budget of the Connecting Europe Facility for transport.

Continue the Change leader Assen Vassilev said on Monday his party was reaching out to Pazardzhik municipal councillors elected on Sunday who oppose Delyan Peevski and MRF-New Beginning running the town.

Bulgaria will receive over EUR 2 billion from the Social Climate Fund, and the question is how to utilize these resources most effectively, Agriculture and Food Minister Georgi Tahov said during a plenary session titled Financial Horizon 2026 and held as part of the Annual Meeting of Local Authorities in Albena on Monday.

According to the National Concessions Register as of October this year, Bulgaria has 1,182 active concessions, nearly half of which – 507 – are municipa, said Grozdan Karadjov, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Communications, during the plenary session “Financial Horizon 2026+” at the Annual Meeting of Local Authorities held in the Albena resort. The event was organized by the National Association of Municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria.

Bulgaria was one of seven EU countries where more businesses were dissolved than opened in 2023, Eurostat reported on Monday. Bulgaria had the third highest enterprise death rate, 16.5%, as against a 10% birth rate.

The preparation and adaptation of all information systems of the Customs Agency requiring changes in connection with the introduction of the euro as Bulgaria's official currency from January 1, 2026 have been completed, the agency said on

The EU’s employment rate was at a historical high of 75.8% in 2024, 2.2 points below the 78% target set by the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan for 2030 according to data released by Eurostat on Monday. In Bulgaria, employment in 2024 reached 76.8% of the working-age population aged between 16 and 64. This represents an increase of 0.6% compared to the employment rate in 2023 (76.2%).

On September 23, the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB) adopted a Decision on transitional provisions for the application of minimum reserves by the ECB following the introduction of the euro in Bulgaria on January 1, 2026. As of

A photo exhibition titled “Near and Far” by Bulgarian artist Violeta Apostolova opened at the Geo Milev Regional Library in the northwestern city of Montana, the library said on Monday.

An initiative committee proposed building a monument to Khan Asparuh, the founder of the Bulgarian state, on the site of the former Soviet Army Monument, the committee's Chair, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences member Georgi Markov, said at a press conference held on Monday at the National Press Club of the Bulgarian News Agency. This monument would serve as a unifying symbol for the entire nation, he added.

A three-judge panel of the Sofia Appellate Court on Friday rendered a final judgment initiating liquidation and deregistration proceedings for the Old Calendar Orthodox Church of Bulgaria.

A palimpsest dated 1351 is the oldest document kept in the Bulgarian archives and it was presented on Friday in Varna on the occasion of the holiday of Bulgarian archivists, said Donka Nikolova, head of the State Archives in the seaside city.

Speaking at the launch of a project titled "Rethinking Cultural Cooperation in the Western Balkans" at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday, Deputy Foreign Minister Elena Shekerletova said that cultural diplomacy can strengthen trust, inspire partnerships, and build lasting friendships in times of rapid political change by promoting common values such as peace, freedom, democracy, and prosperity.

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli said that imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan, who is serving a life sentence on Imrali Island in the Sea of Marmara, should extend his call for disarmament to the Syrian Kurdish militias as well, according to the online edition of Hurriyet.

Eurojust will continue to support judicial authorities both within and outside the European Union (EU), said the agency’s President, Michael Schmid. He was speaking Monday at the opening of the Fourth Forum of the Prosecutors General of the Balkan

In an Instagram post on Monday, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that Serbia would always be a reliable partner of the European Union. The post was made shortly after he arrived in the Albanian city of Durres, where a meeting on the Brdo-Brijuni Process was due to begin.