

The population of the European Union on January 1, 2025 was 450.4 million people, or more than 1 million more than at the beginning of 2024. This is according to the latest Eurostat estimates published on July 11, World Population Day
An initial coordinating conference on the development of core capabilities of the Bulgaria’s and North Macedonia’s Land Forces in the use of Stryker combat vehicles was held from 9 to 11 July at the Central Military Club in Sofia. It was the first in a series of coordinating conferences on the development of capabilities for the Stryker combat vehicles and was also attended by representatives of the US Army, the Bulgarian Defence Ministry said in a press release on Friday.
Labour Minister Gutsanov said that the public needs to see the people who started checking unlicensed homes just over a month ago, which is why the Ministry initiated the ceremony to award them.
Since the beginning of 2025, customs officers have detained over 100,000 commercial items at the Lesovo border checkpoint for violation of intellectual property rights.
The Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) has published its coin programme for 2026 and a preliminary coin programme for 2027-2028, which will be the first commemorative Bulgarian euro coins. The programmes are published on the Central Bank's website.
Employees of agencies involved in agriculture will stage a rally demanding worthy pay on July 15, said the organizer, the Federation of Independent Trade Unions in Agriculture with the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria.
Economy and Industry Minister Petar Dilov met with Kuwaiti Ambassador Ghazi Hamed Alfadhli to discuss aspects of trade and economic relations and ways to step them up, Dilov's Ministry said on Friday.
The State Fund Agriculture (SFA) has disbursed BGN 1,687,835 under four measures of the Maritime Affairs, Fisheries and Aquaculture Programme (MAFAP) 2021–2027 in support of the sustainable development of the fisheries and aquaculture sectors, the Fund said on Friday.
August 1 through 3, the northern village of Iglika near Gabrovo will host Iglika Kilim Fest featuring nearly 900 authentic Bulgarian handwoven kilims from the 18th, 19th and 20th century. Speaking to BTA, curator Jacob van Beelen described it as
Veliko Tarnovo University will host the 48th International Summer Seminar on Bulgarian Language and Culture from July 14 to August 3, the university's press centre said on Thursday.
The Thracian royal tomb near the village of Sveshtari, Isperih, is celebrated not only for its exceptional state of preservation but also for the distinctive Hellenistic artistic achievements introduced into the Thracian environment, Director of Isperih Museum of History and archaeologist Teodora Vasileva said at the launch of the July edition of LIK, which focuses on the theme Bulgaria in UNESCO.
A project to replace the electrical installation and renew the climate-control system of the Kazanlak Thracian Tomb is being drafted, Iskra Historical Museum Deputy Director Radoslav Petkov said at the launch of the July edition of LIK, which focuses on the theme Bulgaria in UNESCO.
We hope that our neighbors in the Republic of North Macedonia will see that when there is dialogue and when commitments between the European Union and the country in question are fulfilled, negotiations can be greatly accelerated, as is the case
European integration is not a bureaucratic process from Brussels, but a profound internal transformation, said the Speaker of the Albanian Parliament, Elisa Spiropali, who took part in a forum organized by PanEuropa-Bulgaria at the Central Military Club as part of her two-day visit to Bulgaria
Meeting on Wednesday, the government of Serbia allocated RSD 350 million (EUR 3 million) to support those most affected by recent wildfires, the Tanjug news agency reported. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Sinisa Mali said, as quoted
Bulgaria’s National Assembly Foreign Policy Committee Chair Yordanka Fandakova on Wednesday urged North Macedonia to heed the European Parliament (EP) call for the country to honour the commitments it has assumed on the path of European