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Burgas is not just a city of strong traditions, it is a city of progress and the future, said President Rumen Radev, addressing the coastal city's residents on the occasion of St. Nicholas Day, which is their city's holiday. 

GERB-UDF and Continue the Change - the two largest groups in Bulgaria's Parliament, on Tuesday issued declarations blaming each other for the expected failure of Bulgaria's bid to join the Schengen area. 

The chief prosecutors of Bulgaria and Slovenia had a working meeting in Sofia, the Prosecution of the Republic of Bulgaria said on Tuesday. Ivan Geshev and Drago Sketa discussed the interaction between the two countries' prosecution services in the

The Interior Ministry circulated a position to BTA earlier, saying that there is no information about shots having been fired at Syrian refugees at the border.

With 164 votes in favour, 1 against and 4 abstentions, Parliament approved an early-November decision, which instructed the Council of Ministers to adopt a programme for providing compensation to non-household consumers of electricity.

A roundtable discussion on digitization, cybersecurity and local governance took place on Tuesday at the University of National and World Economy (UNWE) in Sofia. The event brought together representatives from academia, executive and local government, who discussed issues related to digitization and digital protection.

Bulgaria and the European Commission have signed a memorandum of understanding in Brussels for production of euro coins, the Bulgarian Finance Ministry and the central bank said Tuesday. The document sets out the practical steps that will allow

The sooner Bulgaria joins the euro zone, the faster its economy will grow and the more predictable and visible it will be for its European partners, said Diana Miteva, Chair of the Board of the Association of Banks in Bulgaria (ABB) and CEO of DSK Bank. She was among the speakers at a round table where experts and financiers discussed the readiness of the Bulgarian economy for the euro area.

A total of 10,180 children have been brought back to school so far during the current school year by the teams working under the national school attendance promotion mechanism, the Education and Science Ministry reported on Monday. This compares

The coin is worth BGN 114 with a nominal value of BGN 10 and 5,000 pieces in circulation.

An exhibition, displaying documents and photos of the work of Bulgarian doctors, engineers, agriculturists and architects as well as paintings of Bulgarian and Algerian artists opened on Thursday at the Archives State Agency The exhibition

The 17th edition of Sofia LGBTI Community Fest will be held in Sofia December 5-18, said the Bilitis non-profit organization, which is organizing the two-week festival. Its programme includes multiple events focused on LGBTI and feminist

World-famous Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov presented his novel “Time Shelter” at Skopje’s Frosina Cinema on Friday evening. Addressing the audience, Gospodinov said: “We are so close that we have only two options: to hate or to love each other.” 

The accession of the Western Balkans to the EU and NATO is not only in the interest of our countries, but it will also be a pillar of peace and stability for our entire continent, Kosovo's President Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu said in her academic address entitled "Strategic compass of South-Eastern Europe: stabilising peace and prosperity through Euro-Atlantic integration", which she delivered on Thursday at Sofia University.

The Bulgarian Ambassador to Slovenia Mladen Chervenyakov expressed hope that Ljubljana will support Bulgaria's accession to the Schengen Area considering the excellent relations between the two countries.

Mustafa Levent Goktas, 63, is wanted for the premeditated murder of Turkish university lecturer Necip Hablemitoglu in 2002 and for membership in an organization formed to commit a crime. Goktas, a former colonel of the Turkish Armed Forces and now a lawyer, was detained in Bulgaria based on an Interpol Red Notice of August 2022.