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The best possible conditions to ensure the safety of Bulgarian citizens in the Middle East have been created, said Deputy Foreign Minister Velizar Shalamanov at a Sunday briefing of the crisis task force on the security situation in the Middle East and support for Bulgarian citizens in the region.

So far, there is no information about any Bulgarian citizens injured or killed in connection with the events in the Middle East, said Nikolay Vanchev, Director of the Consular Relations Directorate at the Foreign Ministry, at a Sunday briefing of the crisis task force on the security situation in the Middle East and support for Bulgarian citizens in the region.

In an interview for the Bulgarian National Radio aired on Sunday, caretaker Minister of Health Michail Okoliyski said that the public procurements for cervical and colorectal cancer screening tests will be investigated. Earlier this week, Okoliyski reported that significant overpricing had been identified in two public procurement procedures at the Ministry of Health.

Bulgaria's Ministry of Tourism is in constant contact with tour operators in the Middle East region, as well as with Bulgarian diplomatic and consular missions on the ground, the Ministry said in a press release on Sunday. Information on organized

Bulgaria’s textile industry is entering 2026 with growing pessimism about the sector’s development and is calling for urgent state support measures, Bulgarian Association for Textile, Apparel and Leather (BATOK) CEO Yordan Belovodski told BTA. He was approached for comment following the European Union’s recently announced intention to ban certain companies from destroying unsold clothes, accessories and footwear in an effort to reduce textile waste.

Bulgaria must urgently accelerate the introduction of a national deposit return system for beverage packaging if it is to meet binding European Union targets, the Economic and Social Council said in a resolution adopted at a plenary session and made

In February 2026, the total business climate indicator remained relatively unchanged compared to January, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said on Friday. An improvement was recorded in industry and retail trade, while the services sector

The Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) on Friday set the price of natural gas for March 2026 at EUR 32.60 per MWh, excluding access, transmission, excise and VAT charges. At this price, Bulgargaz will sell natural gas to final suppliers

At the National Academy of Art (NAA) there has always been a spirit of freedom, LIK magazine Editor-in-Chief Assoc. Prof. Georgi Lozanov said on Thursday, at the presentation of the February issue, dedicated to the Academy’s 130th anniversary.

"It is a pleasure to work with professionals such as those in the team of the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA)," said Prof. Georgi Yankov, Rector of the National Academy of Art, at the presentation of the February issue of the LIK magazine, held at the

The 2nd Festival of Bulgarian Folklore Ensembles Abroad will take place in Burgas from September 18 to 20, the Association of Bulgarian Folklore Ensembles Abroad said.

Bulgarian stage director, actor and set designer Asen Shopov passed away in Sofia on Thursday morning at age 93.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said he does not believe that the strikes against Iran and the conflict in the Middle East mark the beginning of a Third World War, but rather that "we are witnessing something that is a new era in which no one

Customs authorities at the port of Ambarli in Istanbul seized 127 kg of cocaine in two containers destined for Bulgaria from Ecuador, according to the Haberler website. The drugs were hidden in sacks of flour loaded into the two containers.

A total of 41 Turkish citizens wanted for various crimes and found to have fled abroad have been detained by the authorities in cooperation with partner services, the Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Friday. Some of the individuals were wanted

The Turkish National Intelligence Organization and the General Directorate of Security have detained four terrorists belonging to the far-left Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C) who were preparing an attack in Istanbul, Turkish state broadcaster TRT Haber reported on Thursday.