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President Radev has slammed GERB of long-serving former prime minister Borissov for suspending negotiations to form a pe...
07/01/2025

President Radev has slammed GERB of long-serving former prime minister Borissov for suspending negotiations to form a permanent government in a country that has held seven general elections in the past four years.

Bulgaria risks losing 80% of the Recovery and Sustainability Plan budget due to the crisis.

GERB announced it was ending negotiations to form a government with the mandate of the first political force due to disa...
07/01/2025

GERB announced it was ending negotiations to form a government with the mandate of the first political force due to disagreement over the nomination for prime minister.

"No agreement was reached", GERB, the party of former long-serving prime minister Boyko Borissov said.

Acting Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev has ordered immediate measures to ensure smooth border crossing at Ruse. The reor...
04/01/2025

Acting Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev has ordered immediate measures to ensure smooth border crossing at Ruse. The reorganisation of traffic is necessary to avoid bottlenecks and to apply the Schengen rules.

Acting Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev has ordered immediate measures to ensure smooth border crossing at Ruse, the Council of Ministers' press service said. The reorganisation of traffic is necessary to avoid bottlenecks and to apply the...

Sofia celebrates on Saturday the 147th anniversary of its liberation from Ottoman rule. As a tribute wreaths were laid a...
04/01/2025

Sofia celebrates on Saturday the 147th anniversary of its liberation from Ottoman rule. As a tribute wreaths were laid at the monuments to the Bulgarian Volunteer, the Tsar Liberator and to General Gurko.

Sofia celebrates on Saturday the 147th anniversary of its liberation from Ottoman rule. As a tribute from the Sofia Municipality, wreaths will be laid at the monuments to the Bulgarian Volunteer, the Tsar Liberator, and to General Gurko, the press centre of the Sofia Municipality said

From January 1-3 there was no significant change in natural gas flows through Bulgaria compared to the second half of De...
04/01/2025

From January 1-3 there was no significant change in natural gas flows through Bulgaria compared to the second half of December, including at the Negru Voda/Kardam interconnection point.

In the period from January 1-3 of 2025, there was no significant change in natural gas flows through Bulgaria compared to the second half of December 2024, including at the Negru Voda/Kardam interconnection point through which volumes are transported towards Romania, Ukraine, Moldova and Hungary

In the coming months, the first vinyl pressing plant in the country since Balkanton will begin operations. It will be th...
23/12/2024

In the coming months, the first vinyl pressing plant in the country since Balkanton will begin operations. It will be the only one in the Balkans.

No vinyl records have been produced in Bulgaria since 1994. This is about to change in the coming months, as in 2025, the first vinyl pressing plant in the country since Balkanton will begin operations. It will be the only one in the Balkans. In an interview with BTA, one of the people behind the fa...

Delyan Peevski, sanctioned by the UK and US for corruption, is a controversial figure, ALDE stated.
23/12/2024

Delyan Peevski, sanctioned by the UK and US for corruption, is a controversial figure, ALDE stated.

Mr. Peevski is a controversial figure, sanctioned by the UK and US for corruption, ALDE stated.

Hungarian oil group MOL is participating in a tender to acquire the Bulgarian oil refinery of Russia's Lukoil, Hungarian...
23/12/2024

Hungarian oil group MOL is participating in a tender to acquire the Bulgarian oil refinery of Russia's Lukoil, Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán was cited as saying by Bulgarian media.

Hungarian oil group MOL is participating in a tender to acquire the Bulgarian oil refinery of Russia's Lukoil, Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban was cit

Visiting Bulgaria on December 19 for the first time as Nato Secretary General, Mark Rutte expressed his thanks to the co...
21/12/2024

Visiting Bulgaria on December 19 for the first time as Nato Secretary General, Mark Rutte expressed his thanks to the country for what he called its immense contribution to shared security.

Visiting Bulgaria on December 19 for the first time as Nato Secretary General, Mark Rutte expressed his thanks to the country for what he called its immense contribution to shared security. Rutte, …

In 2023, about 22.58 per cent of gross final energy consumption in Bulgaria came from renewable sources, up from 19 per ...
20/12/2024

In 2023, about 22.58 per cent of gross final energy consumption in Bulgaria came from renewable sources, up from 19 per cent in 2022.

In 2023, about 22.58 per cent of gross final energy consumption in Bulgaria came from renewable sources, up from 19 per cent in 2022, European Union statistics agency Eurostat said on December…

Boiko Borissov, leader of the centre-right GERB-UDF coalition, was tight-lipped on December 19 on how negotiations on a ...
20/12/2024

Boiko Borissov, leader of the centre-right GERB-UDF coalition, was tight-lipped on December 19 on how negotiations on a government are going.

Boiko Borissov, leader of the centre-right GERB-UDF coalition – the largest group in Bulgaria’s 51st National Assembly and which thus will be the first to be handed a mandate to seek to form …

While Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will be praised for his role in Bulgaria's full Schengen membership when he ...
19/12/2024

While Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will be praised for his role in Bulgaria's full Schengen membership when he meets President Rumen Radev on Friday, Russian gas is expected to take centre stage.

Bulgaria helped Hungary, now Bulgaria is looking for help.

Hungarians and Bulgarians had the lowest spending power among EU member states.
19/12/2024

Hungarians and Bulgarians had the lowest spending power among EU member states.

Hungarian household consumption – adjusted for purchasing power parity – was only 70% of the EU average in 2023, which places Hungary ...

The scheduled signing of a 10-year security agreement between Bulgaria and Ukraine appears doomed not to go ahead for no...
19/12/2024

The scheduled signing of a 10-year security agreement between Bulgaria and Ukraine appears doomed not to go ahead for now after it became clear that it would not get sufficient support in Bulgaria’s Parliament.

The scheduled signing of a 10-year security agreement between Bulgaria and Ukraine appears doomed not to go ahead for now after it became clear that it would not get sufficient support in Bulgaria&…

Bulgarian Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev said on Wednesday that there is no reason to step back from his country's posi...
18/12/2024

Bulgarian Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev said on Wednesday that there is no reason to step back from his country's position on the EU accession of the Republic of North Macedonia.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev said here Wednesday that there is no reason to step back from his country's position on the EU accession of the Republic of North Macedonia. He was speaking as the government was holding its weekly meeting

Despite sanctions, Russian oil arrived at ports in Romania and Bulgaria in November 2024.
18/12/2024

Despite sanctions, Russian oil arrived at ports in Romania and Bulgaria in November 2024.

Russian oil arrived at ports in Romania and Bulgaria in November 2024, the investigation found.

The Bulgaria regulation on the vegetable seed market, following pressure from the pro-Russian Revival party (ESN). ...
18/12/2024

The Bulgaria regulation on the vegetable seed market, following pressure from the pro-Russian Revival party (ESN).

The ministry initially dismissed farmers' concerns but later changed their tune.

Syrian asylum-seekers claim they are being pressurised into accepting ‘voluntary return’ to their home country following...
17/12/2024

Syrian asylum-seekers claim they are being pressurised into accepting ‘voluntary return’ to their home country following the collapse of the Assad regime.

Syrian asylum-seekers in Bulgaria claim they are being pressurised into accepting ‘voluntary return’ to their home country following the collapse of the Assad regime.

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