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The 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Supreme Bar Council and the beginning of an independent and self-governing Bulgarian legal profession was marked with a formal ceremony in Bulgaria Hall on Monday.

A series of events in Sofia over the past days highlighted the strengthening partnership between Bulgaria and China in politics, economy, culture and science, as the two countries marked the 10th anniversary of Bulgaria’s participation in the Belt

A mechanized company and a self-propelled mortar battery from the 38th Mechanized Battalion of the 2nd Tundzha Mechanized Brigade, together with units from the NATO Multinational Battle Group in Bulgaria, conducted a tactical exercise at the Koren

Maria Ilieva - Yordanova has been appointed as Executive Director of the Bulgarian Accreditation Service Executive Agency (BASEA) by order of the Economy and Industry Minister, the Ministry said on Monday.

Speaking at a working meeting with the leadership of the National Sheep and Goat Breeding Association and Agriculture and Food Minister Georgi Tahov, Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov has said that work is underway to ensure that owners of farms affected by diseases in small ruminants are fully compensated by the end of 2025, the Government Information Service said on Monday.

The first new Skoda electric train will arrive in Bulgaria in January 2026 and will begin carrying passengers in April. All 25 new trains will be delivered by August 2026, Deputy Prime Minister and Transport Minister Grozdan Karadjov said on Monday

Employees of several state agencies protested across the country on Monday demanding a 20% salary increase.

The share of the population at risk of poverty in Bulgaria in 2024 was 21.7%, show Eurostat data published on Monday. This share was once again the highest in the European Union, after Bulgaria ranked fourth in 2023, behind Estonia, Latvia and Romania.

Kalina Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and her husband Kitín Muñoz visited the newly renovated archival repositories and newsroom of the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) on Monday. They were welcomed by BTA Director General Kiril Valchev, who showed them the archive facilities, reading room, digitization centre, library and the updated newsroom.

The concert of the Italian trio Il Volo in Sofia on November 28 will be filmed as a festive Christmas spectacle and broadcast on national Italian television, the organisers from BG Sound Stage said on Monday. The venue will be transformed with “Christmas decorations and special stage design that will highlight the festive atmosphere of this unique musical experience”.

The film Made in EU by director Stefan Komandarev has won the Audience Grand Prize at the 63rd Gijon International Film Festival in Spain. The feature triumphed over 95 competing titles, the organizers said.

The Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) will provide its LIK typeface to St Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia on November 25, following the academic ceremony marking the University’s patron saint’s day. BTA Director General Kiril Valchev and Sofia

An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale was registered at 10:51 local time on Monday morning in western Thessaly, Greece, public broadcaster ERT reported.

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed in Istanbul on Friday between the Turkiye Exporters Assembly (TIM) and the Bulgarian-Turkish Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BTCCI). The ceremony took place during a business forum that also included B2B

Serbian Prime Minister Duro Macut Friday said that during a summit of Western Balkans leaders in Tirana, he had pushed for the opening of Cluster 3 and other chapters of Serbia’s EU accession process, which have been stalled for more than three

Turkiye does not recognize the updated Maritime Spatial Planning Map published by Greece as part of the European Union's map of the same name as announced by Yoncu Keceli, spokesperson for the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and a published statement on the institution's website. According to the Ministry, the map published by Greece is unilateral and the indicates areas overlap with those of Turkiye.