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The Alliance for Rights and Freedoms (ARF) will firmly oppose the adoption of measures restricting the voting rights of Bulgarian citizens around the world, parliamentary group leader Hayri Sadakov said in a declaration from the National Assembly

A total of 508 proceedings for protection against discrimination were initiated in 2025, nearly three times more than the previous year, when 179 proceedings were registered, said Elka Bozhova, Chair of the Commission for Protection against

The European Commission (EC) has closed infringement proceedings against Bulgaria regarding air quality, the EC Representation in Sofia said in a Bulgarian-language press release on Friday. The decision follows measures taken by the country in

In the coming months, 12 renovated fire stations will be opened across the country, Chief Commissioner Alexander Dzhartov, Head of the Fire Safety and Population Protection Directorate General of the Interior Ministry said on Friday.

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 proposal is part of a joint project developed by a team of energy experts from BEMF and partners on the topic of an Energy+ Integrated Development Programme, presented at the BTA National Press Club here on Thursday.

Wealthy people made sacrifices and founded the first chitalishta community centres in Bulgaria, said Yordan Eftimov, literary scholar and lecturer at Sofia's New Bulgarian University, here on Friday. He took part in the presentation of the January

She was a guest speaker at the presentation of the January issue of the Bulgarian News Agency's LIK magazine, titled "Chitalishta: Past and Future."

The chitalishte community centre is the third oldest institution in Bulgaria, only the school and the church are older, Plamen Aleksandrov, chair of the Elenka and Kiril D. Avramovi –1856 chitalishte in Svishtov, said on Friday.

The 170th anniversary of the founding of the first Bulgarian community centre was commemorated with the laying of wreaths and flowers in front of the memorial plaque placed on the house of Dimitar Nachovich in Svishtov, where the community centre was founded on January 30, 1856.

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.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic held talks on Wednesday with Russian Ambassador to Belgrade Aleksandr Botsan-Kharchenko on “possible solutions regarding Serbia’s oil company NIS” and energy issues. Vucic announced this on his Instagram profile after the meeting, without specifying what solutions had been discussed.