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The annual AFCEA TechNET Sofia conference opened on Tuesday with an address by President Rumen Radev. The event is organized by the AFCEA Sofia Chapter.Radev stressed that the theme of the forum - intelligent arms and systems for collective defence and security - is of great current relevance.

POLITICS Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) reported that Continue the Change-Democratic Bulgaria (CC-DB) MP and Budget Committee member in Parliament Martin Dimitrov, said the proposal to grant a concession over the Bulgarian Sports Totalizator between

Radev said further that Europe insists on being a factor with its own demands but must assess whether it is ready to take responsibility for the consequences if it misses the moment for peace.

President Rumen Radev told journalists on Tuesday “I want to clearly state that Lukoil did not pay a single lev of corporate tax during Boyko Borissov's entire governance.” Radev was speaking on the sidelines of the conference AFCEA TechNET Sofia 2025.

Speaking at a working meeting with the leadership of the National Sheep and Goat Breeding Association and Agriculture and Food Minister Georgi Tahov, Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov has said that work is underway to ensure that owners of farms affected by diseases in small ruminants are fully compensated by the end of 2025, the Government Information Service said on Monday.

The first new Skoda electric train will arrive in Bulgaria in January 2026 and will begin carrying passengers in April. All 25 new trains will be delivered by August 2026, Deputy Prime Minister and Transport Minister Grozdan Karadjov said on Monday

Employees of several state agencies protested across the country on Monday demanding a 20% salary increase.

The share of the population at risk of poverty in Bulgaria in 2024 was 21.7%, show Eurostat data published on Monday. This share was once again the highest in the European Union, after Bulgaria ranked fourth in 2023, behind Estonia, Latvia and Romania.

Discussions like this one here help turn decisions into practical action, which is especially important in such a sensitive and responsible area as media freedom, Deputy Culture Minister Ashot Kazaryan said here on Tuesday. He was speaking at the

Joint efforts can ensure an environment in which journalism fulfills its key role to inform freely, protect democracy, and serve the public, Simona Veleva, Chair of the Council for Electronic Media (CEM), said here on Tuesday. She addressed the

Europe will support independent media, Yordanka Chobanova, Head of the European Commission Representation in Bulgaria, said here on Tuesday. She was speaking at the opening of a conference titled "The European Media Freedom Act - a Framework for

Salaries in public media need to be brought at least up to the level of teachers' pay, Kiril Valchev, Director General of the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA), said here on Tuesday. He was speaking at the opening of a conference titled "The European

An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale was registered at 10:51 local time on Monday morning in western Thessaly, Greece, public broadcaster ERT reported.

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed in Istanbul on Friday between the Turkiye Exporters Assembly (TIM) and the Bulgarian-Turkish Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BTCCI). The ceremony took place during a business forum that also included B2B

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.