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On Thursday, the leadership of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms headed by Honorary Chair Ahmed Dogan started consultations on the candidates lists for the October 27, 2024 snap parliamentary elections, Dzhevdet Chakarov, one of two rival MRF

Bulgaria continues to rank first in the European Union (EU) in the number of road traffic fatalities per million population, said Chief Inspector Yordan Milushev from the Traffic Police Department of the National Police Directorate General. Driving

A Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation for the Protection of Children's Rights was signed in Sofia between the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry's National Office for Legal Assistance (NOLA) and UNICEF Bulgaria. The parties to the memorandum will work to improve access to justice for at-risk children and child victims or witnesses of violence and crime, and to protect unaccompanied child refugees.

Caretaker Innovation and Growth Minister Rosen Karadimov dismissed as "gross speculation" comments that the Bulgarian National Bank's special paper for the voting machines does not meet the standard of the machines' importer.

The ban on exporting insulin and antibiotics designed for regular use by children has been extended until October 21, the Health Ministry said.

German Embassy Economic Section Head Moritz Seiler said that combining the potential of Bulgaria's digital sector with the defence industry can result in huge development and the current Government understands it. Seiler took part in Thursday’s business forum on innovations in the sector organized by the news website Economic.bg.

If the companies do not adapt their ships to the new requirements and eco-standards, they will drop out of the market, said Captain Stanislav Stoyanov, chair of the Board of the Bulgarian Association of Sea Captains, before the opening of the Global Compass International Forum on Thursday in Varna.

There is a serious potential for boosting trade and economic relations between Bulgaria and the Kyrgyz Republic. This transpired at a meeting between Economy and Industry Minister Petko Nikolov and newly appointed Kyrgyz Ambassador Idris

The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) and the Romanian Academy signed a new cooperation agreement at a ceremony in Bucharest on Tuesday. The agreement is part of the initiative to celebrate BAS's 155th anniversary.

Vice President Iliana Iotova met with participants in the third international travelling conference "Picturesque Bulgaria", the President's press office said on Wednesday. The multidisciplinary project, which is held under the auspices of the Vice

The sixth edition of the international festival Cameralia will run from September 21 to October 9, Ludmil Angelov, chairman of the Piano Extravaganza Foundation and artistic director of the event, said on Wednesday. He announced the schedule for the five concerts at a press conference held at BTA, the primary media partner.

The founders of the Bulgarian Literary Society in 1869 laid the foundations of the first institution of Bulgarian statehood even before the Liberation, said Bulgarian Ambassador to Romania Radko Vlaykov on Wednesday during the celebrations in Braila marking the 155th anniversary of the Literary Society, which later turned into the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS).

Speaking in Parliament on Thursday, There Is Such a People (TISP) MP Stanislav Balabanov said that North Macedonia will not enter the European Union if its politicians continue behaving the way they do. His statement was prompted by an interview North Macedonia's Deputy Prime Minister and Transport Minister Aleksandar Nikoloski gave to TV Alfa on Wednesday, criticizing the absence of his country's national flag in a photo of Presidents Rumen Radev and Gordana Siljanovska during Siljanovska's visit to Sofia on September 13. Nikoloski stating that "both the [Bulgarian] political parties and the President are trying to gain advantages at the expense of [North] Macedonia."

"I believe that if we are to continue our normal relations, this person should resign, otherwise it will be very hard to have normal relations between two neighbouring countries," he added.

Commenting on Wednesday's claims by North Macedonia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Transport Minister Aleksandar Nikoloski, Elena Borislavova MP of Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria (CC-DB) said that such language is inadmissible.

The majority of the population in the Republic of North Macedonia is of Bulgarian origin, speaks Bulgarian and belongs to Bulgarian culture - including Minister Nikoloski, Vazrazhdane said in a statement on Wednesday, reacting to the remarks of