site.home

The European Commission has issued numerous recommendations urging Bulgaria to take action, particularly in the anti-corruption area, some of which have been incorporated into the Recovery and Resilience Plan as conditions for receiving funding,

Vazrazhdane has submitted a proposal to close the police files committee (officially Committee for Disclosing the Documents and Announcing Affiliation of Bulgarian Citizens to the State Security and Intelligence Services of the Bulgarian National

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Galab Donev told the National Assembly on Friday that the government's goal is to achieve the lowest possible government deficit through the measures it plans to propose. During the rest of the year,

Bulgarian Deputy Foreign Minister Hristo Polendakov held a farewell meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with Canada's Ambassador to Bulgaria, Gavin Buchan, who is resident in Bucharest and who will complete his tour in the summer of 2026.

An extraordinary audit of a funding procedure for small and medium-sized enterprises was ordered over concerns about project selection, Deputy Prime Minister Atanas Pekanov said during quick question time in Parliament on Friday. He was responding to Continue the Change (CC) MP Radoslav Ribarski.

Sofia Municipality is beginning a phased and large-scale optimization of tram transport in Sofia, aimed at more predictable, faster and better synchronized urban transport, said Deputy Mayor for Transport and Urban Mobility Viktor Chaushev in an interview on Thursday. He was being interviewed about the report adopted by the Sofia Municipal Council for optimization of the tram network in the capital.

At its weekly meeting on Wednesday, the Council of Ministers approved a bill amending and supplementing the so-called budget extension law (formally the Act on the Collection of Revenues and the Commitment of Expenditures in 2026 until the Passage

The Council of Ministers, at its regular meeting on Wednesday, approved a proposal to the National Assembly to ratify the First Amendment and confirmation of the Financial Contribution Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Bulgaria under the Member State compartment of the InvestEU programme.

The spirit of Bulgarian modernism can still be found in Kazanlak - a city that preserves the memory of artists such as Pencho Slaveykov, Chudomir, and Ivan Milev, said Kazanlak Mayor Galina Stoyanova during a discussion at the BTA National Press

Kazanlak is one of Bulgaria’s strongest examples of continuous modernization built upon a foundation of tradition, Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) Director General Kiril Valchev said on Thursday during a discussion at BTA’s National Press Club in

Ancient shipwrecks preserved in the depths of the Black Sea, the latest advances in underwater archaeology, and the challenges of protecting underwater cultural heritage will be highlighted during a forum at the Synchron Sport Diving Centre in Burgas on June 5.

An exhibition entitled “80 Years of Scenography at the National Academy of Art” is on display at the Stoyan Bachvarov Drama Theatre as part of the 34th Varna Summer International Theatre Festival, Senior Assistant Professor Boris Dalchev from the Department of Scenography at the National Academy of Arts told BTA on Thursday.

A deposit return system for plastic and glass bottles, and metal cans, will be introduced in all 81 provinces of Turkiye starting July 1, 2026, and will cover 973 municipalities, Turkiye’s Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change

Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski, and the ruling party VMRO-DPMNE do not want European integration for North Macedonia, because the EU brings an independent judiciary, strong institutions, European standards, and accountability for anyone who has

Stronger cultural exchange and tourism links between Bulgaria and Romania are helping drive growth in travel between the two countries, Bulgarian Ambassador to Romania Radko Vlaykov said at the presentation of the Romanian-language edition of BTA's

Turkiye plans to invest USD 80 billion in solar and wind power by 2035, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced during a ceremony to launch renewable energy projects broadcast live on social media accounts. He added that in 2025, such investments have amounted to USD 5.6 billion, bringing the total number of new power plants in 78 Turkish provinces to 7,110.