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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that the Bulgarian authorities failed to effectively investigate a racist assault, the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (BHC) reported on Tuesday. The Court delivered its judgment in the case of British national Leon Koffi, who was beaten by a group of football fans in Sofia back in 2018. The case was litigated by lawyers Adela Kachaunova and Iveta Savova from the BHC’s Legal Programme.

A total of 5.8% of Bulgaria’s population was subject to water supply restrictions in 2024 because of water shortages, according to data from the National Statistical Institute (NSI). In 2024, 5.8% of the population was under water supply rationing

PETROHAN Mediapool reported that a group of 10–12 men on ATVs were in the area of Petrohan lodge hours before the deaths of three of its residents, citing testimony from Deyan Iliev, the man who found the bodies, “confirmed by the media outlet’s

Nathaniel Copsey, the United Kingdom’s ambassador to Bulgaria, has visited the Kalotina border checkpoint together with outgoing Interior Minister Daniel Mitov to observe how the EU’s Entry/Exit System is being implemented at the bloc’s external land borders, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday.

In 2025, the number of trips of Bulgarian residents abroad was 9,848,200, or 6.3% above the registered in 2024, the National Statistical Institute reported on Tuesday. The trips with other purposes (as a guest, education and visiting cultural and

Bulgaria's agriculture is going through a difficult period, with the 11th Agra, Vinaria and Foodtech exhibitions being a good prerequisite for establishing contacts with agricultural producers, said Agricultural Academy (AA) chair Dr. Stefan Gandev during the opening of the exhibitions at the Plovdiv International Fair Tuesday.

The cost of the consumer basket comprising 27 basic food products has reached EUR 58 at wholesale prices, reflecting an increase of EUR 1 over the past reporting week, Vladimir Ivanov, Chair of the State Commission on Commodity Exchanges and

The Agra, Vinaria and Foodtech exhibitions retain its status as the largest agricultural exhibitions, with over 420 companies from 16 countries participating in 2026, General Director of the Plovdiv International Fair Dr. Ivan Sokolov said during the opening of the 11th Agra, Vinaria and Foodtech exhibitions in Plovdiv on Tuesday.

Cargo handling operations were carried out Monday between the Bulgarian Antarctic Base and the Bulgarian naval research vessel Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodiy (NIC 421). The ship is preparing to depart on Tuesday, and yesterday during the day luggage was

In an interview for the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA), Colombian artist Daniela Medina Poch said that while there is environmental awareness in Antarctica, there are also national interests. “I think that sometimes they can complement each other, and

Musician Stefan Valdobrev performed at a celebration marking the 128th anniversary of the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) on Monday evening. He sang some of his most popular songs, including Take It Easy, Beard Glue, This Song Is Not About Love, and I

Antarctica demonstrates in the clearest way how critical climate change has become, and although not everyone can travel there to see this first-hand, society can be engaged in environmental protection through education and public commitment,

Addressing a Sofia forum on Monday, Konstantinos Gkioulekas, Greek State Secreatry of Interior for Macedonia and Thrace, said that Greece wants to advance cooperation with Bulgaria. The forum was attended by representatives of manufacturing and

“This is something that has been greatly missing,” said former owner of Levski FC, Tomas Lafchis, on the occasion of the opening of a BTA press club in Athens. “To be informed is one of the fundamental things in modern life, and I believe that BTA

Council for Electronic Media member Gabriela Naplatanova talked on Saturday about her expectations that BTA's newly opened National Press Club in Athens would provide extensive coverage of a wide range of news, not only about Greece but about the Bulgarian community in Greece.

Vyara Ankova, Chief Operating Officer of Nova Broadcasting Group, welcomed the opening of BTA's National Press Club in Athens on Saturday, saying: "BTA has fulfilled the dream of many journalists. BTA has always been the heart of the media."