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MRF WINS MUNICIPAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS IN PAZARDZHIK The Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) has won the municipal council elections in Pazardzhik, securing 17.13% of the vote, according to the results announced by the Municipal Electoral

October 15: Cloudy, with rain showers in the east and the mountains, heavier in the Rhodope area. Light northwesterly wind, northeasterly in Eastern Bulgarian. Lows: 6C-11C. Highs: 14C-19C, in Sofia 15C. THE MOUNTAINS: Cloudy and foggy, Scattered

Targovishte has begun building an industrial park тhrough a public-private partnership, said Targovishte Municipality Secretary Hristalina Halacheva on Tuesday during a discussion panel at the Annual Meeting of Local Authorities, held in the Albena resort complex.

In 2026, the municipal investment programme may be used for projects to repair the water supply network, particularly in populated areas where problems have been identified, said here on Monday Ivan Ivanov, Minister of Regional Development and Public Works, during the plenary session “Financial Horizon 2026+” at the Annual Meeting of Local Authorities, held in the Albena resort complex. The event was organised by the National Association of Municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria.

Bulgaria will have a national strategy for the processing and extractive industries, said Jeliaz Enev, Economic Policy Director at the Economy and Industry Ministry, during a discussion panel at the Annual Meeting of Local Authorities in the Albena resort complex.

The Bulgarian Association of Agricultural Land Owners (BAALO) firmly opposes any attempts of interference in the personnel policy and management of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, as well as the practice of pushing for legislative changes

In two days, a platform with information on industrial zones will be launched on the website of the InvestBulgaria Agency. The platform will provide comprehensive data about industrial zones across Bulgaria and will be accessible via the website of

A problem persists with one of the steam generators at Unit 6 of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), said Nuclear Regulatory Agency Chair Tsanko Bachiyski during a Monday seminar here on Monday on the Agency’s preparedness for innovative projects such as small modular reactors and the AP1000.

A photo exhibition titled “Near and Far” by Bulgarian artist Violeta Apostolova opened at the Geo Milev Regional Library in the northwestern city of Montana, the library said on Monday.

An initiative committee proposed building a monument to Khan Asparuh, the founder of the Bulgarian state, on the site of the former Soviet Army Monument, the committee's Chair, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences member Georgi Markov, said at a press conference held on Monday at the National Press Club of the Bulgarian News Agency. This monument would serve as a unifying symbol for the entire nation, he added.

A three-judge panel of the Sofia Appellate Court on Friday rendered a final judgment initiating liquidation and deregistration proceedings for the Old Calendar Orthodox Church of Bulgaria.

A palimpsest dated 1351 is the oldest document kept in the Bulgarian archives and it was presented on Friday in Varna on the occasion of the holiday of Bulgarian archivists, said Donka Nikolova, head of the State Archives in the seaside city.

Speaking at the launch of a project titled "Rethinking Cultural Cooperation in the Western Balkans" at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday, Deputy Foreign Minister Elena Shekerletova said that cultural diplomacy can strengthen trust, inspire partnerships, and build lasting friendships in times of rapid political change by promoting common values such as peace, freedom, democracy, and prosperity.

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli said that imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan, who is serving a life sentence on Imrali Island in the Sea of Marmara, should extend his call for disarmament to the Syrian Kurdish militias as well, according to the online edition of Hurriyet.

Eurojust will continue to support judicial authorities both within and outside the European Union (EU), said the agency’s President, Michael Schmid. He was speaking Monday at the opening of the Fourth Forum of the Prosecutors General of the Balkan

In an Instagram post on Monday, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that Serbia would always be a reliable partner of the European Union. The post was made shortly after he arrived in the Albanian city of Durres, where a meeting on the Brdo-Brijuni Process was due to begin.