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This is not a clash between police and protesters, but a provocation by the mafia which aims to confront, President Rumen Radev wrote on his Facebook profile late on Monday, commenting the large-scale natiownide protests against the 2026 State Budget Bill, which led to clashes between protesters and police in central Sofia.

Bulgaria’s hosting of the Grande Partenza of the 2026 Giro d’Italia is shaping up as both a major sporting milestone and an instrument for deepening bilateral ties with Italy and boosting Bulgaria’s international visibility, according to statements made in Rome on Monday by Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov, members of his Cabinet and representatives of the race organizer RCS Sport.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) said in a press release on Monday that its office in Sofia had filed an indictment against a former mayor and a former regional governor of Varna (on the Black Sea), as well as two public officials of

Citizens in Stara Zagora held two separate protests on Monday, one against the government and the 2026 budget and another against Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria (CC-DB) and the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP).

The Bulgarian housing market is showing exceptionally strong activity ahead of the country’s adoption of the euro, Sorenda Real Estate analysis reported on Monday.

The Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) approved the price of natural gas for December at BGN 63.01/MWh (EUR 32.22/MWh), excluding access, transmission, excise and VAT costs.

The Government’s measures to combat the gray economy are producing results, which is why budget revenues for the first ten months of this year have increased by BGN 8.64 billion year-on-year, Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova said here on Monday, commenting on the budget execution data as of the end of October, published earlier in the day by the Finance Ministry.

Labour and Social Policy Minister Borislav Gutsanov expressed support for reducing the administrative burden on businesses, but not at the expense of workers’ rights and working conditions. He took part in a EU Council meeting on Employment, Social

Photographic exhibitions entitled The Ice of Antarctica and The People of Antarctica by Marina Velikova were opened in Troyan on Saturday, the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute (BAI) said.

On the occasion of International Antarctic Day, the Ecomuseum with aquarium in Ruse will open an exhibition on the flight route of birds on the way to Antarctica on December 1, said Silvia Trifonova from museum.

Postwar SOFIA Map, the first tourist map of Sofia, was presented Friday by Sofia Tourism Municipal Enterprise (Visit Sofia) Director Anton Penev.

The Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii naval research vessel (RSV 421) has conducted a shooting practice while passing through a high-risk zone en route to Antarctica, in support of the 34th Bulgarian Antarctic expedition, the Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy said on its website.

During an operation at the Kapikule border crossing on the Turkish-Bulgarian border, Turkish customs officers seized a shipment of over 23 kg of skunk, a potent form of cannabis, which was being smuggled into Turkiye.

Serbia's oil refinery, owned and operated by US-sanctioned oil and gas producer NIS, will keep running in quiet mode until December 2, awaiting a decision on a potential sanctions waiver for the Russian-controlled company, Energy Minister said.

The next hearing in the case concerning the deadly fire at the Pulse nightclub in Kocani will take place on December 2, Judge Diana Gruevska-Ilievska said on Tuesday. The hearing, originally scheduled for Wednesday, was postponed because the

The leader of the Turkish Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), Devlet Bahceli, described Monday's visit by members of the Grand National Assembly to Imrali prison, where Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan is being held, as a historic step forward.