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A total of 237 air ambulance missions have been carried out since the beginning of 2026, Bulgaria Heli Med Service EAD said in a Facebook post.

The Ministry of Transport and Communications is monitoring a situation involving the tanker Mentor, which is believed to be carrying around 11,000 tonnes of sunflower oil and is currently drifting off the coast of Shabla, the ministry's press office said on Wednesday.

The Sofia Regional Court has ordered Yordan Atanasov, charged with causing the death of a dog in Sofia's Krastova Vada neighbourhood, to be remanded in custody. The charges were brought by the Sofia Regional Prosecution Office on Tuesday. The

The Saudi Minister thanked his hosts for their hospitality and warm welcome. He also highlighted Bulgaria’s consistent support for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the face of contemporary security threats.

Poor infrastructure in Bulgaria's national resorts and tourist areas, staff shortages in the tourism industry and continued inflationary pressure are among the main risks facing the tourism sector, which is operating amid ongoing geopolitical instability in the Black Sea region. This is stated in the section on tourism of the 2025 Annual Report on the State of National Security of the Republic of Bulgaria. The report was approved by Parliament's Tourism Committee with 11 votes in favour, none against and two abstentions.

To build a sustainable tourism sector, we must invest in the potential of young people, Tourism Minister Ilin Dimitrov said on Wednesday at the High-Level Meeting of Tourism Ministers in London, jointly organized by UN Tourism and the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), the Ministry of Tourism said.

The National Assembly's Committee on Labour, Demographic and Social Policy rejected at first reading on Wednesday a bill to amend the Health Insurance Act, submitted by Continue the Change MP Venko Sabrutev and other MPs. It proposed that the State cover women's health insurance contributions during the two years of maternity leave, as it already does for students and pensioners. Eight MPs voted in favour, eight against and three abstained.

The Bulgarian Government approved on Wednesday additional expenditure of EUR 66.4 million under the budget of the Ministry of Transport and Communications. The funds will be allocated to the National Railway Infrastructure Company (NRIC) to cover the ongoing maintenance and operation of the country's railway infrastructure.

Talks on future cooperation between Bulgaria and Turkiye in Antarctic and Arctic research will be held aboard the Bulgarian naval research vessel Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii (RSV 421), according to Captain Nikolay Danailov of the Nikola Vaptsarov Naval

A safety briefing on the use of individual and collective lifesaving equipment was held on the first day of the Bulgarian research vessel Sv. Sv. Kiril I Metodii (RSV 421)'s voyage to Antarctica. Senior Lieutenant Evgeni Michev and Lieutenant

The research role of the Bulgarian naval research vessel Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii (RSV 421) is increasingly outweighing its logistical function, Flotilla Admiral Professor Kalin Kalinov, Head of the Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy in Varna, said at

A Bulgarian field camp will be established on Smith Island during the ongoing 35th Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition, Prof. Christo Pimpirev, head of Bulgaria's Antarctic expeditions, said at the send-off ceremony for the research vessel Sv. Sv. Kiril

Romania's far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) party issued a statement to the media claiming that its leadership had held a series of meetings with the ambassadors to Romania of the United States, China, India, Turkiye, Pakistan, Egypt, Argentina and Bulgaria, as well as with Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka.

North Macedonia's Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski, who is also the leader of the ruling VMRO-DPMNE party, and Venko Filipce, the leader of the opposition SDSM party, engaged in a verbal exchange regarding the elections in Serbia, according to media reports in the Republic of North Macedonia from Wednesday.

Bulgaria's Transport and Communications Minister Georgi Peev has held urgent talks with his Turkish counterpart, Abdulkadir Uraloglu, over the build-up of lorries at the Bulgarian-Turkish border, the press centre of Peev's Ministry said.

The Bulgarian government has approved a regional agreement on cooperation and coordination in search and rescue operations in the event of aviation accidents, involving Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia.