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Parliamentary Committee on Regional Policy, Public Works and Local Self-Government Wednesday adopted at first reading the 2026 State Budget Bill with 14 votes in favour, seven against and no abstentions.  The 2026 budget was drafted in accordance

Parliamentary Committee on Demographic Policy, Children and Family Wednesday adopted at first reading the 2026 State Budget Bill with 12 votes in favour, six against and one abstention.  The 2026 budget was drafted in accordance with the adopted

At a meeting on Wednesday, the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture, Food and Forestry approved at first reading the 2026 State Budget Bill of the Republic of Bulgaria in the section concerning agriculture. The bill passed with 13 votes in favour, 7 against, and 2 abstentions.

The Supreme Court of Cassation (SCC) has ruled that the case against Varna Mayor Blagomir Kotsev and four co-defendants will be heard by the Varna Regional Court, rather than the Sofia City Court. The ruling was published on the SCC website

A total of EUR 260 million has been earmarked to help reduce socio-economic disparities in Bulgaria via the European Economic Area (EEA) Financial Mechanism and the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2021-2028. The Ministry of Innovation and Growth announced on its official website on Wednesday that this had been agreed at the signing of the Memoranda of Understanding between Bulgaria and Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway on the implementation of both mechanisms.

Wizz Air resumed direct flights between Sofia and Abu Dhabi as part of its winter schedule, the airline’s press service said Wednesday.

The budget is the most feasible one in terms of revenue and expenditure policies, National Social Security Institute (NSSI) President Vesela Karaivanova-Nacheva told journalists in Parliament on Tuesday, after the Parliamentary Committee on Labour

Bulgarian businesses have restrained but positive expectations for economic development in 2026, according to the findings presented by the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) from the Eurochambres Economic Survey 2026 (EES2026).

A library with 250 donated books was opened at the Vratsa Hospital on Wednesday.

The Association of European Journalists – Bulgaria (AEJ–Bulgaria) Tuesday strongly condemned an article in an online newspaper that the organization says shifted blame for a recent murder onto the female victim. The article in Telegraph.bg risked

After an all-night vigil and Sunday morning's Divine Liturgy, the Bulgarian Monastery of St George Zograf on Mount Athos marked the autumn feast of St George (November 16, Old Style) with a procession bearing the miracle-working icon of Saint George.

Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov presented the St. Paisii Hilendarski State Award to Prof. Hristo Yotsov on Friday for his outstanding contribution to Bulgarian culture, the government said in a press release. The award is presented annually to artists whose work awakens the spirit, preserves traditions, and develops Bulgaria’s cultural identity.

On the eve of a potential fuel-supply crisis, Serbia’s petrol stations remain calm, with no queues and only a slight uptick in prices — which nevertheless remain among the highest in the Balkans, a BTA check showed.

A foreigner without identity documents and carrying two pistols was detained at the Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint on November 15, the Border Police General Directorate said here on Monday. He was found in a specially adapted hiding place under the front seats of a bus entering Bulgaria, driven by a 49-year-old Turkish citizen.

Thousands of Bulgarian expatriates in Turkiye have flocked to Momchilgrad for the opening of the restored childhood home of legendary weightlifter Naim Suleymanoglu, which has been converted into a museum.

Bulgaria is trying to convince its Romanian partners of the importance of new bridges across the Danube, Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov said on Saturday, as quoted by the government information service. The Prime Minister inspected the site for a