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Protesters against the “war on the roads” gathered on Saturday on the road between Byala and Botevgrad, near the turnoff to the village of Telish in northern Bulgaria. The protest was organized on Facebook by Nikolaj Popov, the father of Siyana, who tragically died in a car accident on the same road last year.

President Iliana Iotova has sent a congratulatory address on the occasion of the general reporting and elective assembly of the Supreme Committee of the Union of Thracian Societies in Bulgaria, the head of State’s press secretariat said on

Ahead of the Day of Gratitude and Homage to the Victims of the Communist Regime on February 1, parliamentary groups issued declarations in Parliament on Friday, focusing on the preservation of historical truth, the lessons of political violence, the need for reconciliation, and the remembrance of oppressed communities.

GERB leader Boyko Borissov expressed strong support for the European People’s Party (EPP)’s position that the European Union must urgently establish genuine European defence capabilities in close cooperation with NATO by 2030.

Bulgaria's total industrial producer price index in December 2025 was 9.6% above the level of December 2024, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said on Friday. A rise in prices was registered in mining, by 30.6%, in the production and

Bulgaria’s overall business climate indicator rose by 4 points in January 2026 from December 2025, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said on Friday.

The Annual Percentage Rate of charge (APR) on housing loans granted by commercial banks in Bulgaria in December 2025 increased to an average of 2.90%, according to the latest data from the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) published on Thursday. For comparison, the average APR on home loans - which includes all interest payments, fees, commissions and other borrower-borne costs required for loan approval - stood at 2.86% in November, while in December 2024 it was 2.82%.

In 2024, 12 EU Member States with nuclear power generation produced 649,524 GWh of electricity, an increase of 4.8% compared with 2023.

The Community Centre of the Year 2025 award was presented in Sevlievo on Friday evening. The distinction was conferred on the Razvitie–1870 Community Centre in Sevlievo, chaired by Danail Lalev, with Desislava Dimitrova serving as secretary. The

Bulgarian News Agency Director General Kiril Valchev received the Golden Key award from the Union of Community Centres at a ceremony in Sevlievo on Friday. The distinction was presented by the Chair of the Union of Community Centres Prof. Nikolay

A National Representative Committee to support the marking of the 170th anniversary of the nationwide chitalishte (community cultural centre) movement in Bulgaria was announced in Sevlievo on Friday. During the event, golden keys were presented to

Mariya Gabriel has been appointed Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information at UNESCO, the organization announced in a press release on Friday.

Taxi drivers in Greece will hold a two-day strike starting February 3 to protest electric transition timelines, the online edition of Kathimerini said Friday.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that mandatory military service in the country will start either in December 2026 or in March 2027, Serbian public broadcaster Radio Television of Serbia reported. The decision on when conscription will begin

Outgoing Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Communications Grozdan Karadjov is hosting a four-party meeting between Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and the European Commission, the Bulgarian Transport Ministry reported here on Thursday. The forum marks the start of practical work on the memorandum of cooperation on the Black Sea–Aegean Sea corridor, signed in December 2025 in Brussels with the support of EU Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism Apostolos Tzitzikostas.

Unemployment in Turkiye fell to 7.7% in December 2025 according to data published on Thursday by the Turkish Statistical Institute on its official website. Compared to the previous month, unemployment fell by 0.8%, meaning that 286,000 people over the age of 15 found employment. However, 2.7 million people remained unemployed.