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Deputy Parliament Chair and Democratic Bulgaria MP Atanas Atanassov has submitted a parliamentary question to Prime Minister Rumen Radev seeking an explanation of why Bulgaria requested that Iskander Makhmudov be excluded from the European Union's

Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova closed the annual conference with the Bulgarian ambassadors and permanent representatives abroad, held on July 20 and 21 in Sofia, the Foreign Ministry said here on Tuesday. In her closing remarks, she highlighted the importance of consistent coordination between the structural units of the Foreign Ministry, Bulgaria's diplomatic missions abroad and the other state institutions.

Residents of the Yambol village of Bezmer hold differing views on the deployment of U.S. tanker aircraft at the air base located in the immediate vicinity of the village. There are already calls to organize protests against such a decision by the Bulgarian Government, Bezmer Mayor Rosen Rusev told a BTA reporter on Tuesday.

The Bulgarian Medical Association (BMA) announced on its website on Tuesday that it is seeking a meeting with Prime Minister Rumen Radev and Deputy Prime Minister Galab Donev over growing public tension in the healthcare sector and the need for institutional dialogue on key issues facing the system.

Bulgaria's production in construction declined by 0.8% in May compared with April, marking a third consecutive month of contraction, Eurostat reported on Monday. The monthly decrease followed declines of 0.1% in April and 0.2% in March. A steeper contraction of 1.7% was recorded in January.

Bulgaria’s 2026 summer tourism season is progressing at the same pace as in 2025, with the slowdown recorded at the beginning of the summer now fully overcome, Tourism Minister Ilin Dimitrov told journalists in the Black Sea village of Lozenets, Tsarevo Municipality, on Saturday.

Bulgaria will deepen its economic and investment partnership with Japan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Investments and Industry Alexander Poulev said on Friday after meeting Japan’s Ambassador to Bulgaria Chikahisa Sumi.

Engineer Krasimir Shopov has been appointed Director General of the National Railway Infrastructure Company (NRIC) by order of Transport and Communications Minister Georgi Peev, the Ministry's press centre said on Friday. Shopov has more than 35

Three Stara Zagora State Opera productions will be staged at Koprinka Reservoir during the Festivals in the Valley of the Thracian Kings, the opera said on Tuesday.

Bulgarian feature film Women Out of Order (2026), directed by Alexander Kosev, will have its Burgas premiere in the feature competition of the 11th Burgas International Film Festival, the organizers said on Tuesday.

Vidin is among the cities with the largest number of figures connected with the life, work and study of Pencho Slaveykov, providing an opportunity for a more in-depth discussion of his place in Bulgarian modernism, literary scholar Yordan Eftimov said at the opening of the 20th discussion under the Bulgarian News Agency's (BTA) "Pencho Slaveykov and Bulgarian Modernism" initiative, held at the BTA National Press Club in the city on Monday. It was part of a nationwide series of discussions held at all 33 of BTA's national press clubs, with the conclusions to be brought together in a special December issue of LIK magazine.

A discussion on foster care in Burgas took place on Monday. It was organized as part of the "Foster Me" national initiative of the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA), the Social Assistance Agency and the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, and was held at the BTA National Press Club in the city.

The Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Tournament carries Bulgaria and Turkiye from a shared past towards a shared future, Consul General of Bulgaria in Edirne Radoslava Kafedzhiyska said on Monday.

A summer heatwave is expected to sweep across Greece in the coming days, with temperatures reaching 40 degrees Celsius in some areas and remaining high for at least around five days, Greek media reported, citing meteorological data. On Friday,

Turkiye has been offered a most mutually beneficial partnership, said Prime Minister Rumen Radev to journalists on Friday in connection with the freezing of the contract with BOTAS. "I cannot reveal specific parameters because it is a matter of

The Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has published for the first time in its photographic archive a picture of its intelligence operative Arif Necip Kaskatı, who worked in Bulgaria between 1931 and 1950, Anadolu Agency reported on