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Thirty-two out of a total of 52 dam complexes and significant dams managed by the Ministry of Environment and Water are over 80% full, and some of them are already overflowing, said Bulgarian Environment and Water Minister Rositsa Karamfilova.

Education and Science Minister Georgi Valchev met on Tuesday with Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and founder of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), the Education Ministry reported.

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova on Tuesday received the Italian Ambassador in Sofia Marcello Apicella.

The Gabrovo Regional Governor has lifted the state of emergency in the region, the regional administration said here on Tuesday. The most critical situation in terms of infrastructure remains in Dryanovo Municipality, where activities to restore and secure the affected sites are continuing.

People at risk of poverty in Bulgaria decreased both in absolute and relative terms in 2025 compared with 2024, according to flash estimates published by the EU Statistical Office (Eurostat) on Tuesday. Their number dropped to 1.369 million from

Following a meeting at the Regional Development and Public Works Ministry on Tuesday, Regional Minister Ivan Shishkov told journalists that the government plans to expedite the design of the projects to complete the Plovdiv ring road and to supply

A grant of EUR 29 million under the Connecting Europe Facility has been secured for investments by the Electricity System Operator (ESO) in Bulgaria’s electricity transmission network.

Transport and Communications Minister Georgi Peev expects the transport sector to put forward joint, realistic proposals with clear deadlines for addressing the issues at hand, the press office of Peev's Ministry said Friday after he held two

The exhibition "Plastic Weightlessness", dedicated to the artist Atanas Patsev, will open on June 3 in the "Raiko Aleksiev" hall of the Union of Bulgarian Artists (UBA). The exhibition is organized on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the author's birth and can be viewed until June 19, the hosts announced on Monday.

Set designer Mladen Mladenov and actress Maria Stefanova received this year’s two highest honors at the Askeer Awards ceremony, held at the Bulgarian Army Theatre on Sunday evening. Mladenov was presented with the honorary statuette, while Stefanova

Bogdan Rusev sheared a sheep in 4:30 and Sliven’s Petar Petrov won the goat hand-milking contest at the 14th National Festival of Sheep Breeders in Bulgaria, organizers said on Sunday.

Ethno singer Ishtar will perform four concerts in Bulgaria. The first concert is scheduled for June 3 in Plovdiv, followed by June 4 in Burgas, June 5 in Sofia at Hall 1 of the National Palace of Culture, and June 8 in Varna.

The Greek government will extend the diesel fuel subsidy introduced until the end of June to help consumers cope with rising energy prices linked to the conflict in Iran, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Tuesday, as quoted by the online edition of the Kathimerini newspaper.

Romania's caretaker Culture Minister, Andras Demeter, handed in his resignation following a public scandal sparked by a recording in which the politician used language perceived as undermining Romania's national interests.

Greek national broadcaster ERT reported an alarming rise in the use of e-cigarettes among teenagers in the country, with more minors viewing vaping as a less harmful alternative to traditional smoking. ERT quoted two health experts, who warned that

Three 20-year-olds and prominent North Macedonian opera singer Riste Velkov died in a collision with a truck tractor on the Skopje ring road, the Interior Ministry of North Macedonia said Friday.