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The Cabinet has decided to change the State's representative on the Supervisory Board of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF).

The Government on Thursday approved changes to the Regional Development and Public Works Ministry’s Rules of Procedure, reducing its staffing level by 39 positions and consolidating administrative units.

The Council of Ministers adopted on Thursday a Regulation on the conditions and procedures for conducting integrity tests for civil servants. The Regulation was adopted pursuant to the Civil Servants Act

The Government approved the financial plan for holding the presidential and vice-presidential elections in Bulgaria in October, allocating EUR 116.928 million for the vote. Under the Electoral Code, the election budget must be approved no later than 55 days before election day, while funds for the organizational and technical preparations must be provided to municipal and regional administrations no later than 30 days before election day.

In July 2026 compared to June 2026, the average interest rate on consumer loans increased by 0.36 percentage points to 9.12% and the Annual Percentage Rate of Charge (APRC) on these loans – by 0.37 percentage points to 9.42%, show data published by the Bulgarian National Bank on Thursday.

Trips by Bulgarian residents abroad totalled 1,037,700 in July 2026, up 3.1% from July 2025, according to preliminary data published by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) on Thursday. Trips for holiday and recreation purposes increased by 4.2%

Varna Region is set to play a role in the new national priority Space Technologies and Dual-Use Technologies under Bulgaria’s updated Innovation Strategy for Smart Specialisation 2021–2027, the Varna Regional Information Centre (RIC) said on Wednesday.

The Finance Ministry auctioned 10-year government securities, worth EUR 95 million, on the domestic market on Monday, the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) said. The auction offered Treasury bonds from issue No. BG 20 400 26 218 with a total amount of

The City Art Gallery in Plovdiv will host the 32nd Week of Contemporary Art, which this year explores the theme Bug in Reality, the cultural institution announced. The exhibition opens on September 3 and runs through October 2.

Bulgaria’s first permanent exhibition dedicated to seagrasses opened at St. Anastasia Island near Burgas on Monday, the organizers said.

The municipalities of Shumen, Kaspichan and Veliki Preslav are developing a joint tourism package called This Is Where Bulgaria Begins to benefit from the international interest expected when Burgas hosts the Eurovision Song Contest 2027, Shumen Municipality’s press service said Monday.

Nearly 190 films from 42 countries will be screened in Burgas from August 25 to 27 as part of the first edition of the Who Creates? International Youth Film Festival, the organzers from the local charitable foundation Youniverse said here on Friday.

A Bulgarian couple were detained over a fire near Kavala in Northern Greece, the news portal in.gr said on Wednesday, citing the Hellenic Fire Service.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Serbia's firefighting helicopters have greater capacity than the equipment deployed by the European Union, while noting that Europe's advantage lies in its rapid response.

A drone was found Monday afternoon near the village of Ciuslea in Romania's eastern Vrancea County, close to Moldova border, the Romanian Ministry of National Defence said.

President Iliana Iotova told journalists on Saturday that she will raise the case of Iva Mihaylova during a meeting with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg in mid-September. Iotova made the statement in response to a