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The operation to tow the motor vessel Chelsea 3 was carried out in bad weather conditions and was unprecedented, Minister of Transport and Communications Georgi Peev told journalists on Saturday after the vessel arrived at the Port of Burgas.

The solution to ensuring security in Bulgaria’s Black Sea waters is simple: if Bulgaria declares active neutrality, this will guarantee security, including in the country’s exclusive economic zone, presidential candidate and Vazrazhdane leader Kostadin Kostadinov said while speaking with residents in central Varna on Saturday. Any other position taken by Bulgaria would entail risks, he said.

The General Assembly of Prosecutors, convened to elect members of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) from the prosecutors’ professional quota, elected its chair and the members of the election commission, and designated the polling sections here on Saturday.

A total of 923 patients were awaiting organ transplants in Bulgaria as of October 6, 2026, including 848 waiting for a kidney transplant, Radostina Getova of the Medical Supervision Executive Agency said on Saturday at the 11th Pulmonary Hypertension Conference in Sofia.

The EUR 170 million in state aid approved by the European Commission for Bulgarian farmers affected by higher fuel and fertilizer prices due to the Middle East crisis will be divided into two schemes, Agriculture and Food Minister Plamen Abrovski said on Saturday.

Five working groups have two weeks to prepare solutions to key issues related to the provision of rail passenger services by state-owned and private operators from December 13, 2026, Transport and Communications Minister Georgi Peev has said here

The minimum wage should rise gradually, as excessive reliance on automatic increases could undermine Bulgaria's economic competitiveness, Deputy Prime Minister Atanas Pekanov told bTV on Friday.

Bulgarian Industrial Association President Dobri Mitrev called on Friday for a balanced approach to setting the minimum wage, saying inflation affected businesses as well as employees.

The 35th Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition will include Bulgaria’s first Antarctic archaeology project, alongside research into volcanic activity and seismic processes in the South Shetland Islands, scientists said on Saturday at the opening of a training camp for expedition participants.

Five prominent photographers from Bulgaria and abroad are taking part in the International Photography Meetings festival, which opened at Balabanov House in Plovdiv's Old Town on Friday evening.

The Ministry of Education and Science has received a letter from Miroslav Dachev, Rector of Sofia's National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts (NATFA), which includes a roadmap drawn up in accordance with September 18 recommendations of an interdepartmental working group to address students' and lecturers' grievances

The 14th Wheat Bread Festival opened in Strazhitsa on Friday, celebrating Bulgarian bread-making, folklore and traditions through Sunday, the organizers said.

Bulgarian President Iliana Iotova and Romanian President Nicusor Dan discussed Black Sea security in a telephone conversation and agreed to work together to strengthen counter-drone measures within the EU and NATO, Dan said in a post on X on

Bulgaria's government has approved a draft agreement with Turkiye on opening a new border checkpoint, Kapitan Andreevo-Kapikule North.

The Yandex Go taxi service in the Serbian capital Belgrade has been disrupted following a Ukrainian drone attack on a data centre in Russia on Monday, Serbian media reported on Wednesday.

“It is political hypocrisy on the part of the Republic of North Macedonia to turn a blind eye to Gruevski’s crimes involving millions, while accusing an innocent Bulgarian girl who was hit by a car that crossed into her lane from the oncoming traffic lane, and denying her treatment that she needs to avoid becoming disabled,” the Vazrazhdane MP said.