Bulgaria seeks help from the EU Solidarity Fund following floods along southern Black Sea coast

Bulgaria's Ministers of Interior Daniel Mitov and Regional Development and Public Works Ivan Ivanov discussed the first procedures for repairing the damage caused by the heavy rainfall in recent days, the press center of the Interior Ministry...

Bulgarian-Turkish Cooperation Key to Regional Security, Says PM Zhelyazkov at Meeting with Turkish Prosecutor General Senturk

Cooperation between Bulgaria and Turkiye is of key importance for security in the region, Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov said Tuesday during his meeting with Muhsin Senturk, Prosecutor General of Turkiye's Supreme Court of Appeal....

Bulgarian Coastal Towns Brace for More Floods as Authorities Confront Disaster Roots 

With torrential rains lashing Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea coast, the seaside town of Tsarevo declared Tuesday a non-school day and urged residents to stay indoors. In Sofia and elsewhere in the country, authorities and experts engaged in urgent...

Bulgaria Has Completed Reviews in 14 out of 25 OECD Committees

The reviews for Bulgaria’s accession have been completed in 14 of the 25 committees of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Foreign Minister Georgi Georgiev said in response to a question from Martin Dimitrov, MP from...

Bulgaria Faces Rainy Wednesday with Snow in the Mountains and Chilly Temperatures

On Wednesday, October 8, Bulgaria will experience predominantly cloudy and rainy conditions, with the heaviest rainfall expected in the northern regions. Winds will generally be moderate from the west-northwest, shifting to northeasterly in the...

Glen Powell Recalls Filming A Near-Nude Scene In Cold Weather For The Running Man, And It Doesn’t Sound Like It’s For The Faint Of Heart

One of my most anticipated projects on the 2025 movie schedule is Edgar Wright’s adaptation of The Running Man. The trailer alone shows Glen Powell in a ton of precarious action-packed sequences, and that includes one where he has to rappel down a...

Minister Tahov: Keeping Current CAP Budget Is Critically Important for Bulgaria

Maintaining the current level of funding for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is of critical importance for Bulgaria, Agriculture Minister Georgi Tahov said during a meeting with European Commissioner for Agriculture and Food, Christophe...

Bulgaria Strengthens Ties with Japan: GATE Signs Two Major University Partnerships at EXPO 2025

The Big Data for Smart Society Institute (GATE) at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” has formalized two new cooperation agreements with prominent Japanese universities during EXPO 2025 in Osaka, according to the university’s press office....

Bulgaria’s Adoption of the Euro Set to Boost Credit Rating and Investments

Atanas Kolev, Chief Advisor at the Economic Directorate of the European Investment Bank, told Bulgarian National Radio that Bulgaria’s adoption of the euro is expected to positively influence the country’s credit rating. He explained that...

Bulgaria Seeks EU Aid After Devastating Floods Hit Burgas, Tsarevo and Elenite

Bulgaria is launching a procedure to request financial assistance from the European Union Solidarity Fund to help cover the damage caused by the recent heavy rainfall in the southeast of the country, including Burgas, Tsarevo and the resort...

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences President Participates in Academy Presidents Meeting in Kyoto

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) President Evelina Slavcheva participated in the 18th edition of the Academy of Science Presidents’ Meeting, BAS said. The event is organized annually by the Science Council of Japan within the framework of the...

Bulgaria Braces for Dangerous Weather On Tuesday: Red, Orange, and Yellow Alerts Issued

Bulgaria is set to face dangerous weather on Tuesday, with authorities issuing warnings of varying severity across the country. Eastern regions are expected to be most affected, with intense rainfall prompting the highest level of alert. A red...

TISP Leader Trifonov: In Bulgaria We Take Fabrications, Obscenities, Outright Vulgarities for Freedom of Speech

There Is Such a People (TISP) leader Slavi Trifonov reacted Saturday to the public outburst against his party's proposal for amendments to the Penal Code that would criminalize the dissemination of information about a person’s private life. He...

EU-Funded Project to Determine Bulgaria’s Bear Population

A new project funded by the European Union has been launched in Bulgaria to determine the exact number of brown bears living in the country. The South Central State Enterprise is carrying out the census by collecting genetic samples from the...

Bulgaria Seeks Aid From EU Solidarity Fund

Interior Minister Daniel Mitov and Regional Development and Public Works Minister Ivan Ivanov met to discuss the initial procedures for repairing the damage caused by the recent heavy rainfall, the Interior Ministry's press centre said here on...

Bulgaria, Saudi Arabia Strengthen Energy Partnership At Munich Leadership Meeting (PHOTO)

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 6. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria, Georg Georgiev, held a meeting with the Minister of Energy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, H.R.H. Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al...

Experts Say Support for Children with Autism Requires Cross-Sector Policies

Support for children and young people on the autism spectrum requires coordinated institutional action and the development of cross-sector policies, participants in the national conference "Cross-Sector Cooperation in Support of Children and Youth...

European Commission Grants EUR 7.4 Mln in Emergency Aid to Bulgarian Farmers

The European Commission (EC) has approved a proposal to allocate nearly EUR 50 million from the agricultural reserve to support fruit, nut, and vegetable producers in Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, and Romania, who recently suffered...

The weather over the weekend will be changeable with clouds, rain and sun

In Saturday an atmospheric disturbance will sweep across the country. Minimum temperatures will reach 8-13° C., for Sofia 10° C. After the nighttime precipitation over Northern Bulgaria, during the day the Northwesterly wind will pick up and will...

South Africa prepares to leave the FATF increased‑monitoring list

The real story about South Africa’s likely removal from the Financial Action Task Force(FATF) grey list is not the expected announcement. It’s in the opportunity. At first blush, SMEs might wonder how grey listing has impacted their business....