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The GERB-UDF coalition described the government draft of Bulgaria's 2027 state budget as a "budget of inertia" at a briefing in parliament on Friday following the presentation of the budget scheme at the University of National and World Economy

The Government has presented a draft budget that is one of social mirage and fiscal irresponsibility, Movement For Rights and Freedoms (MRF) Deputy Floor Leader Ayten Sabri told a news briefing on Friday. Earlier in the day, the Cabinet presented

Atanas Katsarchev, chief economist of the Podkrepa Confederation of Labour, and Stanislav Popdonchev, deputy chairman of the Bulgarian Industrial Association, commented to journalists on the priorities outlined in the draft 2027 state budget. The

In 2026, the retirement age is 64 years and nine months for men and 62 years and six months for women. In 2025, men received pensions for an average of 19.7 years and women for 26.5 years, he said, adding that today's retirees would spend less time in retirement.

The Ministry of Tourism is preparing a long-awaited reform that responds to calls from the tourism industry for stronger government support, better connectivity and tangible results from advertising expenditure. The draft 2027 state budget provides

  Livestock farmers staged protests at two locations in northern Bulgaria on Friday, briefly blocking the main Sofia–Varna road near Sevlievo and gathering at a roundabout near Targovishte to demand fairer distribution of emergency aid and equal

The highest expenditure relative to the size of the economy was recorded in Austria, at 32.4% of GDP, followed by Finland at 32.2% and France at 32.1%. The lowest shares were registered in Ireland (11.7%), Malta (13.8%) and Hungary (16.7%).

Among EU member states, the largest monthly increases in retail trade in September were recorded in Luxembourg (5.3%), Slovakia (2.2%) and Malta (1.5%). At the other end of the scale were Germany (-2%), Romania (-1.3%) and Portugal (-0.9%).

The voyage of the Bulgarian naval research vessel Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii (RSV 421) to Antarctica and back takes about five months, and every member of its crew is specially selected. In the past four years, in addition to providing logistical

The Skills for Innovation in Education national conference will open in Sofia to discuss how schools can teach children to use artificial intelligence (AI), the Centre for Creative Training said on Friday.

The Bulgarian naval research vessel Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii (RSV 421) will leave the Bosphorus area for the Dardanelles on Friday.

An international conference of the European Theatre Convention opened at the Ivan Vazov National Theatre on Thursday. Culture Minister Evtim Miloshev welcomed the forum participants – theatre directors, artists and experts – and wished them two

A book about Bulgarian Tsar Samuel, translated into Serbian, was presented at the Bulgarian Embassy in Belgrade on Thursday evening.

Tensions surrounding Alta Banka AD Bitola, sparked by the revocation of Alta Banka AD Belgrade's licence, have risen further after the National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia announced that customers without bank cards could withdraw up to

GERB MP Stefan Arsov has sent a letter to Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Michael O'Flaherty concerning the recent acquittal of the two defendants in a trial over a severe beating inflicted in 2023 on Hristijan Pendikov, a Bulgarian

Romania's far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) party issued a statement to the media claiming that its leadership had held a series of meetings with the ambassadors to Romania of the United States, China, India, Turkiye, Pakistan, Egypt, Argentina and Bulgaria, as well as with Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka.