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The Foreign Ministry expressed deep sympathy for the people of Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam as they face devastating floods and extreme weather, offering condolences for the loss of life and livelihoods.

Deputy Foreign Minister Nikolay Pavlov received copies of the letters of credence from Japan’s newly appointed Ambassador to Bulgaria, Chikahisa Sumi, on Friday, the ministry’s press centre announced.

He was speaking at a meeting with EUFOR Commander Major General Florin-Marian Barbu at the headquarters of the EU's operation Althea in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Ministry of Defence reported.

The conference “Water and Security: National Solutions to Critical Challenges with European Support” was held on Friday at the Sofia Balkan Palace hotel. The conference was focused on challenges in the water sector, local needs and capacities, and possible solutions for infrastructure modernization in the context of the EU cohesion policy midterm review and the European Water Resilience Strategy.

Bulgaria's gross external debt (public and private) amounted to EUR 54,934.7 million at end-September 2025, up by EUR 6,096 million (12.5%) from end-September 2024 (EUR 48,838.7 million).

By October 31, 2025, the profit of the banking system in Bulgaria stood at BGN 3.1 billion, BGN 85 million (2.8%) more than the profit by the same date of 2024.

Ombudsman Velislava Delcheva objected to the latest proposed increase in water and sewerage service prices from January 1, 2026, averaging more than 2.62% nationwide.

Significant support is available for the water sector in Bulgaria during the current programming period, said European Commission Executive Vice-President for Cohesion and Reforms, Raffaele Fitto, in a video address to the participants in the conference “Water and Security: National Solutions to Critical Challenges with European Support”, organized in Sofia by the independent MEP Taner Kabilov.

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.

The new French Ambassador to Bulgaria, Marie Dumoulin, First Counsellor Anne-Charlotte Montin and Science Cooperation Attache Arnaud Bobereau visited the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute (BAI).

Bulgaria's Parliamentary Committee on Culture and Media Chair Toshko Yordanov Thursday said that Kiril Valchev has been proposed for reappointment as Director General of the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) due to his professional qualities.

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.

The relationship between theatre in Turkiye and Bulgaria, the development of theatrical genres in both countries, and the language and themes presented on stage were the subject of a discussion at Ankara University, organized jointly with the

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.