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Today's Observances: April 18

The Parliamentary Committee on Energy adopted on Wednesday three bills to amend the Energy Act, postponing the partial liberalization of the household electricity market by one year, from July 1, 2024 to July 1, 2025. The changes were submitted by the parliamentary groups of BSP for Bulgaria, GERB-UDF and There Is Such a People.

The Sofia City Prosecutor's Office said on Wednesday that it has charged former Interior Ministry Secretary General Zhivko Kotsev with participating in a criminal group involving Petya Bankova, Marin Dimitrov and Stefan Dimitrov. Kotsev remains free

Iranian Ambassador to Bulgaria Alireza Irvash was summoned on April 16 at a meeting at the Foreign Ministry in connection with Iran’s attack on Israel on April 14.

The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) discovered an outbreak of Influenza A (flu) in a poultry farm in the town of Asenovgrad, Plovdiv region. About 154,000 birds were bred at the site, the BFSA said on Wednesday.

The number of tourist check-ins in Bulgaria for the period December 1, 2023, to March 25, 2024 exceeded 1.8 million, the Ministry of Tourism said.

Energy Minister Vladimir Malinov and representatives of the Romanian company OMV Petrom discussed on Wednesday the prospects for oil and gas exploration in 1-21 Han Asparuh Block in the Black Sea, after the withdrawal of Total  of France from the

"The current caretaker Cabinet will be working at an accelerated pace for the practical and technical preparations for entry into the euro area," Bulgarian Deputy Finance Minister Metodi Metodiev said here on Wednesday.

"It doesn't matter where a person goes. Where he was born, that's where his heart is!", artist Rivka Uziel told BTA on Wednesday at the opening of her solo exhibition in her native town of Yambol.  Titled The Colours of My Childhood, the exhibition

The exhibition "The Spiritual Universe of Queen Marie" of the Romanian DAR Development Association is a guest of The Palace Cultural Centre in Balchik. This is the first in a series of events at the cultural institute dedicated to the 100th anniversary of its founding, The Palace Director Zheni Mihaylova told journalists on Tuesday.

An, exhibition "Catholics in Bulgaria XVII-XX Centuries" - literary and documentary evidence in the collection of the National Library will be opened on April 17, the library said. The display contains extremely valuable documents about the

A Spring Exhibition of Minerals, Gems and Fossils is underway at the Earth and Man National Museum in Sofia between April 12 and 14, the management said on Friday.Sixty-five exhibitors, including companies, private collectors and artists, are contributing to the show.

Stanislav Grozdanov, expert at the International Educational Activities and Cooperation Department of the Neofit Rilski South–West University, said here on Tuesday that in the last 15 years, the university has worked on over 15 cross-border

The project “Providing Support for Social Enterprises” focuses on the impact of social enterprises, said here on Tuesday the coordinator of the Association of South-Western Municipalities (ASWM), Iliana Tsvetanova.

The cross-border project, titled "Creation of a cultural dipole in the cross border area" between Bulgaria and Greece is very important not only for Petrich, Southwestern Bulgaria, but also for the entire region, said Katya Stoyanova, project manager in the Municipality of Petrich on Tuesday.

The project "Pathways of accessible heritage tourism" promotes the development of accessible tourism for people with disabilities, older people, and persons with reduced mobility, said here on Tuesday Paschalis Psaltopoulos