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Caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev and Deputy Foreign Minister Ivan Kondov met with relatives of the Bulgarian sailors from the hijacked ship Galaxy Leader, the press service of the caretaker Cabinet said.

The migrants said they were from Syria. They were travelling in a car with foreign registration. According to preliminary information, the car got a flat tyre, after which the driver run away. The police are looking for him.

Media Review: April 25

At an extraordinary sitting here on Thursday, the Council for Electronic Media (CEM) adopted a decision whereby Gabriela Naplatanova will be interim head of CEM from April 28 to October 27. The position will then be assumed by Simona Veleva until April 28, 2025.

Electricity and gas bills decreased in the second half of 2023, after the increase which started before the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and skyrocketed through 2022, Eurostat said on Thursday.

The state-owned VMZ Sopot ordnance factory reported a record large net revenue of BGN 828 million for 2023, double that in 2022.

The 10th edition of the professional competition on detecting hidden water leaks is held in Plovdiv on Thursday. The competition is organized by the Bulgarian Water Association, in partnership with the Union of Water Supply and Sewerage Operators in Bulgaria.

A national protest was held in downtown Sofia on Thursday demanding postponement of the electricity market liberalisation and protection of the rights of energy workers. Participating in the protest were employees of the Maritsa East, Bobov Dol and

The 30th jubilee contest in Japanese speech will be held at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) on April 27, said the Japanese Embassy in Bulgaria, which is the organizer of the event, together with the St. St. Cyril and Methodius International

An exhibition of artworks by Bulgarian artist Stavri Kalinov (1944 – 2023) titled "Post Mortem" will be on display at Sofia’s Sredets Gallery from April 30 to May 23.

Beginning on April 24, the Vidin Symphony will give three consecutive classical concerts in Vidin, Sofia and Stara Zagora, said Symphony Director Miroslav Krastev at a press conference on Tuesday.

A Bulgarian-Armenian cultural and information centre was opened in Varna on Tuesday, said its founders. The centre was blessed by Father Dirair Hadavyan, who is the representative of Archbishop Tatev Agopyan of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Holy

A Saharan dust cloud has once again shrouded Romania.

Participants in the local conference on the "Europe in the Balkans: Common Future" project, which took place on Tuesday at the National Press Club of the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) in Targovishte, discussed the impact of EU-funded projects in Targovishte Region in 2014-2020 and new developments for the 2021-2027 programming period.

The Haskovo District Court has remanded in custody a Bulgarian national wanted in Cyprus for theft, illegal property possession, prostitution, and pimping, the Court House said on Tuesday.

Prinariu, who is also the only citizen of Romania and another Balkan country, with the exception of forerunner Bulgaria, who has flown into outer space, gave an exclusive interview for BTA just before the official presentation of the new issue of BTA’s LIK magazine, "The Bulgarian Footprint in Space", on April 22.