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Mayors across Burgas Region have committed to accelerating work on their municipal spatial development plans, while the government will help speed up the approval process, Regional Development Minister Ivan Shishkov said here on Monday after a meeting with local officials.

Robotics and computer vision researcher Prof. Marc Pollefeys will collaborate with scientists at the Institute for Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Technology (INSAIT) at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski on robotics and artificial intelligence projects, the Education and Science Ministry said on Monday.

The Customs Agency, in cooperation with the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bulgaria, seized 12 containers containing goods worth more than USD 2 million at the end of July, the agency said. The seized goods include more than 3,800

South-West University has 550 international students during the 2025/26 academic year, including 120 from EU countries, the university told BTA.

Bulgaria's retail market growth in the first half of 2026 was driven primarily by open-air retail parks, the expansion of established occupiers, and the optimisation of existing shopping centres, according to market data from CBRE.

In the second quarter of 2026, local authorities issued building permits for 2,216 residential buildings containing 11,499 dwellings with a total gross floor area (GFA) of 1,351,492 sq. m, 15 administrative buildings/offices with a GFA of 10,451 sq. m, and 1,367 other buildings with a GFA of 820,066 sq. m, according to the National Statistical Institute (NSI) data published Monday.

Both Kozloduy NPP units are operating as scheduled despite record-low Danube levels, the Energy Ministry said on Sunday.

The Nuclear Regulatory Agency granted State Enterprise Radioactive Waste a 10-year licence to decommission Units 3 and 4 of Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant, the regulator said Saturday.

Long-serving journalist and former BTA Director General Panayot Denev (in office 1997–2002) expects Prof. Dimo Dimov's book "My Path in Art" to reveal many stories about the Apollonia Festival of Arts. The book by the founder of Apollonia will be

Pencho Slaveykov's influence on the Yambol modernist movement of the 1920s and on the circle around art historian Kiril Krastev was the focus of a discussion at the BTA National Press Club in Yambol on Monday marking the 160th anniversary of the poet's birth and Bulgarian modernism.

The Tryavna Art Festival 2026 will take place from August 3 to 9, the Tryavna Municipality said on Monday.

The Emil Tasev Quartet and singer Yavi will perform at the Dr. Emil Iliev International Jazz Festival in the Borovets mountain resort on Monday evening, the festival organizers said. The quartet will present its new album, Tesseract. The project

Local media in North Macedonia again reported increased traffic toward Greece on Wednesday. The summer holiday season, the traditional routes used by Serbian travellers heading to the Greek coast via North Macedonia, and the introduction of the

Bulgarian border police completed the evacuation of all 186 passengers from the Swiss-flagged cruise ship Viking Ullur after it ran aground on the Danube near Vidin, Border Police told BTA on Tuesday.

Four areas on the Greek island of Paros have been evacuated because of a wildfire, Greek news outlet Proto Thema reported on Tuesday.

The European Union has expressed concern over reciprocal entry bans imposed on journalists by Serbia and Montenegro, stating that measures restricting media work are not in line with the values expected of EU candidate countries. The European