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The Cabinet Wednesday approved an international agreement for the acquisition of Javelin guided anti-tank missiles under the US Foreign Military Sales programme, the Council of Ministers said.

The Government has ensured that older people with chronic illnesses and long-term disabilities in northwest Bulgaria will continue to receive health and social services from mobile teams in their homes and remotely via telecare in 2025. For this

The caretaker Cabinet approved Wednesday draft Memorandum of Understanding between Bulgaria's Ministry Economy and Industry and Ministry of Transport and Communications and Hungary's Ministry of National Economy on the establishment of a long-term strategic partnership in the defence industry and transport sector.

The European cohesion policy has invested over EUR 55 million in Gabrovo, while investments in the entire Gabrovo Region are over EUR 125 million, said Yordanka Chobanova, Head of the European Commission Representation in Bulgaria, at the local conference in Gabrovo on Wednesday. The event was part of BTA's "Europe on the Balkans: Cohesion Skills" project.

The seaside airports in Varna and Burgas will aim to improve their passengers' experience by introducing the environmentally sustainable Gate Garden concept in early summer, the concessioner Fraport Twin Star Airport Management, which operates the two airports, reported on Monday.

In November 2024, Bulgaria's seasonally adjusted industrial production remained at the same level as in October and increased by 2.8% compared to November 2023, show Eurostat data published on Wednesday.

No quantitative errors have been found in the management of EU funds in the area of Natural Resources and Environment for Bulgaria, said Iliana Ivanova, a member of the European Court of Auditors (ECA), who presented the ECA's 2023 Annual Report to the caretaker Minister of Agriculture

The leaderships of the Bulgarian Association of Health Care Professionals (BAHCP), the Bulgarian Association of Assistant Pharmacists (BAAP) and the Bulgarian Association of Physician Assistants and Feldshers (BAPAF) insisted on Tuesday at the BTA National Press Club on the regulation of their professions as well as on urgent measures to solve the staffing problems. Organizations signed an agreement uniting in defense of the professions they represent and expressing readiness for joint action against isolation, inequality in contacts with institutions and against the long-standing lack of adequate and workable solutions in health care to solve the staffing crisis, said BAAP Chair Lilyana Petrova.

The National History Museum (NHM) presents the exhibition "Ancient finds, new discoveries. Archaeological Season 2024". It will be inaugurated by the museum's director, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bonni Petrunova on January 23, the organizers said

An exhibition entitled Ruda will be opened on the lawn near the abandoned open-pit mine complex in Kremikovtsi, said the organizers on Tuesday.

An opinion in support of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church-Bulgarian Patriarchate (BOC-BP) was adopted by the Assembly of Academicians and Corresponding Members of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), according to information published on the BAS

Representatives of the BSP-United Left Coalition, including Coalition leader Atanas Zafirov and Alternative for Bulgarian Revival (ABV) leader Rumen Petkov, met with Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) President Evelina Slavcheva to express support

A pro-Kurdish mayor and five municipal council members from the DEM party were arrested on Friday in Mersin, Southern Turkiye, on charges of propaganda for a terrorist organisation, Anadolu Agency reported.

Five packages with a total of 532 grammes of smuggled gold jewelry worth over BGN 60,000 were found by customs officers at the Malko Tarnovo border checkpoint during an inspection of a passenger car with Bulgarian registration entering the country from Turkiye, the Customs Agency said on Friday. Four of the packages were hidden in the upper underwear of a passenger in the car, and the fifth package was hidden in a pocket of clothes.

The leader of the North Macedonian opposition party Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM), Venko Filipce, condemned the statements made by the leader of the Bulgarian party Vazrazhdane, Kostadin Kostadinov, and called for a response from Sofia and the European Union, SDSM said on Thursday.

At the end of 2024, the Romanian Government decided to freeze salaries, pensions, and benefits, while simultaneously raising some taxes, increasing the expenditure burden. The prices of cooking oil and bread are expected to rise by at least 10%, and