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The State Agency for National Security (SANS) has initiated an international operation to disrupt the activities of organized crime groups involved in the establishment of illegal cigarette factories on the territory of a foreign country, smuggling channels and the sale of illegal products in EU countries, the SANS said in a press release on Thursday.

Chief of Defence Admiral Emil Eftimov met with the Commander of the NATO Allied Air Command and Commander of the US Air Command Europe and Africa, General James B. Hecker, who is on an official visit to Bulgaria, the ministry's press office said on Thursday

Mostly sunny with rain showers and thunder in some places. Light northerly wind. Lows: 4C to 9C, around 3C in Sofia. Highs: 16C to 21C, around 16C in Sofia.

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.

This morning the caretaker Government granted BGN 250 million a year to Maritsa Iztok Mines EAD. An additional BGN 50 million will be provided in the short term in line with a resolution adopted today by the National Assembly. This became clear after the meeting of caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev and caretaker Energy Minister Vladimir Malinov with representatives of protesting miners and energy workers, the Cabinet press office said on Thursday.

President Rumen Radev met Thursday with representatives of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions and the Podkrepa Confederation of Labour regarding their requests to postpone the liberalization of the electricity market and to protect those working in the energy and coal mining sectors. The meeting was held at the initiative of the trade union organizations.

At the seventh edition of the banking forum Banking Today 2024, organized by the website Investor.bg on Thursday at the Inter Expo Center in Sofia, Bulgarian National Bank Deputy Governor Petar Chobanov said that in terms of banking policies, financial innovations, the development of the fintech sector, as well as innovations in payment and financial services, with an emphasis on open banking, the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) continues to develop its expertise. The Central Bank is also conducting a fruitful dialogue with all interested parties, with the aim of further modernizing financial and payment services and ensuring access to open financial services data.

Bulgaria is the only EU Member State which has introduced a national surtax - the 15% global minimum tax rate for multinational companies, but has not put in place all tax breaks, according to a study by Plamen Donev and Stoyan Panchev of the Expert Club for Economics and Politics.

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.