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15/02/2025

An exhibition of 12 paintings on silk by designer Silvana Papadami is on display at the Heritage Art Space in Sofia.

Silvana Papadami is an art historian and designer by training and profession. She is the author of textile paintings, which she produces using a unique technology invented by her.

14/02/2025

Minister Georgiev thanked Argentina for the valuable support provided to Bulgarian Antarctic expeditions over the years.

There is great potential for further development of the excellent cooperation between Bulgaria and Argentina in the fields of Antarctic research, climate change, and other pressing global issues, said Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev.

14/02/2025

The initiators invite all Bulgarian citizens to shop only in small groceries on February 20 and to buy goods from Bulgarian producers to support Bulgarian production and Bulgarian business.

Several organizations have called for a new nation-wide boycott of supermarkets and large food chains on February 20, said Velizar Enchev, coordinator of the initiative and former Bulgarian ambassador to Croatia. Enchev said that there is no

14/02/2025

There finally is political will to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Ukraine, demonstrated by Presidents Donald Trump of US and Vladimir Putin of Russia, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev told journalists here on Friday, as quoted by his press secretarit. That is why dialogue is extremely important and the means of diplomacy should be mobilised, Radev added. He was speaking ahead of his participation in the Munich Security Conference.

That is why dialogue is extremely important and the means of diplomacy should be mobilised, Radev added. He was speaking to reporters ahead of his participation in the Munich Security Conference.

14/02/2025

The two officials discussed the consistent support their countries provide to Ukraine in its efforts to preserve its independence and territorial integrity, as well as its legitimate right to self-defence.

Foreign Ministers Georg Georgiev of Bulgaria and Emil Hurezeanu of Romania held talks within the framework of the Munich Security Conference, the Foreign Ministry in Sofia said on Friday. Georgiev said that Bulgaria highly values the excellent relations of good neighbourliness, friendship and partne...

14/02/2025

✅ The БТА / Bulgarian News Agency launched a podcast on Friday. The first guest was BTA's Director General Kiril Valchev, who spoke about his plans and visions for the Agency, among other things.

🎙 The podcast, titled BTA Paraleli [Parallels] can be accessed on the Agency's website, youtube and soundcloud.

👉 In Bulgarian only.

14/02/2025

The win came in 10m air pistol trio U18 men and was achieved by Damyan Iliev, Boris Dimitrov and Kaloyan Petkov.

Bulgaria won second gold medal at European Shooting Confederation's first-ever European Championship for U16 and U18 athletes on Friday. The win came in 10m air pistol trio U18 men and was achieved by Damyan Iliev, Boris Dimitrov and Kaloyan Petkov.

14/02/2025

Bulgaria's seasonally adjusted gross domestic product increased by 0.8% in the fourth quarter of 2024 compared to the previous one, show Eurostat data published on Friday.

Bulgaria's seasonally adjusted gross domestic product increased by 0.8% in the fourth quarter of 2024 compared to the previous one, show Eurostat data published on Friday. The country marked the fourth highest increase after Portugal (1.5%), Poland (1.3%) and Lithuania (0.9%). Spain and Romania also...

14/02/2025

Earlier on Friday Democratic Bulgaria accused the Government of deliberately delaying the budget submission and this threatens the country's entry into the .

Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova said Friday that the submission of the budget was postponed by a week because of Bulgaria's commitment to prepare a structural and fiscal plan for the period 2025-2028 and to submit it to the European Commission. "We need a few days," she added.

14/02/2025

Burdzhev resigned as a member of the 51st National Assembly himself.

The National Assembly terminated the powers of BSP-United MP Left Stefan Burdzhev with 144 votes in favour, 49 votes against and 1 abstention. Burdzhev resigned as a member of the 51st National Assembly himself. On Thursday, he was appointed by

14/02/2025

Minister Borshosh and Ambassador Predescu talked about key matters of shared interest in the field of tourism, economic cooperation and transport connectivity.

Tourism Minister Miroslav Borshosh and Romanian Ambassador to Bulgaria Brandusa Predescu held a working meeting in Sofia on Thursday ahead of the TTR tourism fair in Bucharest. They talked about key matters of shared interest in the field of tourism, economic cooperation and transport connectivity.

14/02/2025

The sides talked about ways to upgrade military training in Bulgaria by applying up-to-date methods.

Bulgaria's cooperation with the United States in the field of security and defence was discussed in Sofia between President Rumen Radev and representatives of the National Defense University in Washington. They talked about ways to upgrade military training in Bulgaria by applying up-to-date methods...

13/02/2025

Minister Karadjov said that more security means a strong army and police, but also more freedom for the economy. Better transport infrastructure is needed to achieve these goals, especially for countries like Bulgaria, which are an external border for the Union.

Minister of Transport and Communications Grozdan Karadjov, who spoke at the international conference "A new era of European transport – challenges of the TEN-T policy" in Lodz, Poland, on Thursday, said that the motto of Poland's EU Council Presidency "Security, Europe!" is a call for more protect...

13/02/2025

Representatives of various sectors who have worked on projects related to the EU's Policy participated in a cross-border conference at the National Press Club of БТА / Bulgarian News Agency in Skopje on Thursday. The event was part of BTA's : Cohesion Skills project.

More about the conference here⤵️

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https://www.bta.bg/en/europe-on-balkans/news/833119-bta-s-europe-on-balkans-cohesion-skills-conference-held-in-skopje

13/02/2025

Customers who have been left without power for more than 24 hours will be entitled to the compensation

Parliament on Thursday, voted unanimously, 200-0, to adopt at first reading a bill to provide compensation to household electricity users who were affected by power outages between December 21 and 31. The deadline for proposals between first and

13/02/2025

Prof. Christo Pimpirev, head of the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute, scientists from the Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition, logisticians, and members of the crew of Bulgaria's naval research ship Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii (RSV 421) Wednesday visited and surveyed Smith Island, the most remote island of the South Shetland Islands archipelago.

Prof. Pimpirev told BTA's special correspondent Milena Ostrovkska that Smith Island is the most inaccessible of all the islands in the archipelago and that thus far, there have been only three known expeditions, two of them commercial, to climb the island's highest peak (2500 m), which is also the highest in the archipelago.

See more in the link in comments.

13/02/2025

The 1964 agreement between the People's Republic of Bulgaria and the Kingdom of Greece provides for a 60-year term supply of water from the Arda river

Bulgaria has a clear negotiating position in the talks with Greece on the water supply from the river, said Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov during a hearing in Parliament in connection with the intentions after requests from the Greek side to conclude by the end of May 2025 a long-term commercial ag...

13/02/2025

"Success lies in knowledge and ability, not in propaganda and politics. It is in our interest to become closer. We can jointly contribute a lot and talk about joint participation, with the support of the European Commission and EU funding, and this is the only way we should work," he concluded.

One of the main activities of the Media Information Agency (MIA) is to inform with verified information, its Director Dragan Antonovski said at a cross-border conference within BTA's Europe on Balkans: Cohesion Skills project. The conference took place at the BTA National Press Club here on Thursday...