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Parliament resolved on Thursday that the Chair of the State Agency for National Security will be elected by the National Assembly on the proposal of the Council of Ministers. Similar changes received initial approval for the State Intelligence

The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry condemned the Manchester synagogue attack in a post on X on Thursday. “We are shocked and deeply saddened by the brutal attack at the synagogue in Manchester, especially on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar,” the post reads.

The National Assembly decided on Thursday to rename the specialized private higher education institution for security and economics in Plovdiv as the Academy of National and Information Security.

As part of the national awareness-raising campaign on the planned euro changeover in Bulgaria, meetings were held on Thursday in the towns of Yambol, Alfatar, Dospat, Svilengrad, Teteven and Razlog. Experts explained the main stages and deadlines

For a future investment in the construction of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) data centre in Bulgaria to be useful, it must be linked to a development centre or have the potential to stimulate the Bulgarian ecosystem and innovative thinking.

According to him, the question remains whether the Bulgarian industry will have the capacity not only to produce sufficient quantities, but also to guarantee a low price, which is a feature of this product and a requirement for it.

The State must send a signal that spending on research and development is a priority and that companies that invest more should enjoy tax incentives, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Innovation and Growth Tomislav Donchev said here on Thursday.

A conference titled Community Centre and Time. Historical and Philosophic Aspects of the Beginning was held at the St St Cyril and Methodius National Library in Sofia on Thursday.

Opening its season with a concert at Sofia's Bulgaria Hall on Wednesday evening, the musicians of the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra performed in bright yellow vests over their traditional black concert attire in sign of protest against poor conditions and pay.

The Association of the Balkan News Agencies – Southeast Europe (ABNA-SE) will begin distributing daily news from its member agencies via its Facebook page on Wednesday. The social media posts link to the ABNA-SE website, where member agencies send selected leading news items from their news feeds in English every day.

On 30 September, the Council for Electronic Media (CEM) received an order from Panel I of the Sofia Region Administrative Court, by which the court suspended the new procedure for the election of new Director General of the Bulgarian National Television (BNT), launched on July 15, 2025, CEM reported on Wednesday.

As of September 29, the official election campaign for the local elections in North Macedonia has begun. The elections will be held on October 19, with a runoff on November 2. These are the eighth local elections since the country declared

Leaders of Serbia’s ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) have been invited on October 22 to a meeting with the European People’s Party (EPP) following criticism of President Aleksandar Vucic by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), SNS Chair and former Prime Minister Milos Vucevic told K1 TV.

Minister Zacharaki shared details of Greece’s educational initiatives, including a programme for prospective clerics launched in 2024, and Greece’s experience in teaching “Religion – Orthodoxy” as a compulsory subject in secondary schools.

Although Greece is not a Black Sea country, it is part of the INTERREG programme for the Black Sea Basin. This is due to its experience as a maritime country, which makes it a valuable partner on a number of topics such as maritime spatial planning, mapping, and the fight against pollution. Greece also has a longer experience in European programmes compared to other countries in the region, which is an advantage that was particularly strong at the beginning of the history of European territorial cooperation programmes.