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The Interior Ministry is carrying out a specialized operation to dismantle an organized criminal group involved in migrant trafficking in Sofia, Chief Commissioner Anton Zlatanov, Border Police Director, said in a bTV interview on Sunday. The operation involves teams from the General Directorate for Combatting Organized Crime, the National Police, the Sofia Directorate of the Interior Ministry, and Border Police.

Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) Chair and Deputy Prime Minister Atanas Zafirov and other BSP – United Left representatives met with a delegation led by Chinese National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee Vice Chair Xiao Jie in Sofia, BSP's press centre reported on Sunday.

BSP – United Left MP and former National Assembly chair Nataliya Kiselova said on Saturday that if she had to decide again today whether to allow President Rumen Radev’s proposal for a referendum on Bulgaria's introduction of the euro in 2026, she would take the same decision as in May – she would not allow it. In an interview with Nova News, she commented on the Constitutional Court’s ruling, according to which the Chair of the National Assembly has no authority to assess whether the holding of a national referendum is admissible.

Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria MP and Democratic Bulgaria Co-Chair Atanas Atanassov compared the current situation in Bulgaria to that in the country before the collapse of the Soviet Union. Speaking to journalists in Pleven (Northern Bulgaria) on Saturday, he said that the 2026 State Budget Bill proposes “a budget of stagnation”.

Bulgaria produced furniture worth EUR 535 million in 2024, said Branch Chamber of Woodworking and Furniture Industry (BCWFI) President, Vasil Zhivkov, during the Chamber’s annual conference, held Friday in the Borovets resort. Earlier on Friday,

The University of National and World Economy's (UNWE) Economics of Tourism Department hosted its first congress titled Brand Bulgaria: Hospitality in Four Seasons. Through the Vision of Young Talents here on Friday. The event featured discussions,

The 2026 state budget poses a serious challenge for businesses in Bulgaria, including agriculture, said Ilia Prodanov, head of the National Association of Grain Producers and newly elected Chairman of the Bulgarian Agrarian Chamber (BAC).

So far this year, 17 statements of violations and seven penalty decrees have been issued against the Тhermal Power Plant (TPP) in Bobov Dol, imposing sanctions of BGN 1.28 million, the Regional Environment and Water Inspectorate in Sofia said on

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

The Sts Cyril and Methodius National Library will become full member of the Association of the European Cultural Route of Saints Cyril and Methodius, the National Library reported on Thursday. The Association’s General Assembly unanimously approved

Bulgaria is now part of the large family of European wine routes, which is a great recognition, Bulgarian Organization for Wine Tourism (BOWT) Chair Petya Minkova said at a BTA-hosted event in Sofia on Thursday.

We must thank the Bulgarian people for their investment in public media and remind Parliament that journalists’ salaries remain low, said BTA Director General Kiril Valchev during the discussion of the 2026 State Budget Bill in its section on culture at the National Assembly’s Committee on Culture and Media. The draft 2026 budget allocates EUR 10,160,700 to BTA.

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.

Heavy rainfall over the past 24 hours has created difficult road conditions across the Republic of North Macedonia.

Following two days of torrential rainfall, river levels have risen and flooding risks have increased in several parts of the Republic of North Macedonia, the country’s Hydrometeorological Service reported.