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Bulgaria updates its security protocols every day, regardless of the diplomatic note received from Iran, Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev told reporters at a briefing on Wednesday. "In any event, at every moment we are updating our security

Forest dieback in northeastern Bulgaria has reached critical levels, requiring urgent measures and long-term changes in forest management, officials and scientists said at a briefing on Wednesday.

Hamid Hamid, MP from the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) and deputy chair of the party, presented information about the properties of the Minister of Interior, Ivan Demerdzhiev, and his wife and announced that it will also be sent to the prosecutor's office on Wednesday. The data was presented at a briefing to journalists in Parliament. According to his information, the companies controlled by the Demerdzhiev family own a total of 411 real estate properties, of which seven are apartments, and the rest are plots for construction and agricultural land.

The government has decided to transfer the building at 23 Vrabcha St. in Sofia to the National Revenue Agency (NRA), Regional Development and Public Works Minister Ivan Shishkov said after the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday.

Bulgaria posted the EU’s largest budget deficit in Q1 2026, at 7.6% of GDP, Eurostat data showed on Tuesday. Hungary followed at 6.6%, Poland at 5.9% and France at 5.1%.

Bulgaria's production in construction declined by 0.8% in May compared with April, marking a third consecutive month of contraction, Eurostat reported on Monday. The monthly decrease followed declines of 0.1% in April and 0.2% in March. A steeper contraction of 1.7% was recorded in January.

Bulgaria’s 2026 summer tourism season is progressing at the same pace as in 2025, with the slowdown recorded at the beginning of the summer now fully overcome, Tourism Minister Ilin Dimitrov told journalists in the Black Sea village of Lozenets, Tsarevo Municipality, on Saturday.

Bulgaria will deepen its economic and investment partnership with Japan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Investments and Industry Alexander Poulev said on Friday after meeting Japan’s Ambassador to Bulgaria Chikahisa Sumi.

Bulgaria still lacks a new complete academic edition of Pencho Slaveykov's works, Associate Professor Yordan Eftimov said during a discussion marking the 160th anniversary of the poet's birth at BTA's National Press Club in Montana.

Three Stara Zagora State Opera productions will be staged at Koprinka Reservoir during the Festivals in the Valley of the Thracian Kings, the opera said on Tuesday.

Bulgarian feature film Women Out of Order (2026), directed by Alexander Kosev, will have its Burgas premiere in the feature competition of the 11th Burgas International Film Festival, the organizers said on Tuesday.

Vidin is among the cities with the largest number of figures connected with the life, work and study of Pencho Slaveykov, providing an opportunity for a more in-depth discussion of his place in Bulgarian modernism, literary scholar Yordan Eftimov said at the opening of the 20th discussion under the Bulgarian News Agency's (BTA) "Pencho Slaveykov and Bulgarian Modernism" initiative, held at the BTA National Press Club in the city on Monday. It was part of a nationwide series of discussions held at all 33 of BTA's national press clubs, with the conclusions to be brought together in a special December issue of LIK magazine.

The statement follows inspections carried out in response to media reports, as well as photographs and videos posted by citizens claiming that a similar phenomenon involving insects had been observed in Istanbul and surrounding areas.

The Kirkpinar Oil Wrestling Tournament carries Bulgaria and Turkiye from a shared past towards a shared future, Consul General of Bulgaria in Edirne Radoslava Kafedzhiyska said on Monday.

A summer heatwave is expected to sweep across Greece in the coming days, with temperatures reaching 40 degrees Celsius in some areas and remaining high for at least around five days, Greek media reported, citing meteorological data. On Friday,

Turkiye has been offered a most mutually beneficial partnership, said Prime Minister Rumen Radev to journalists on Friday in connection with the freezing of the contract with BOTAS. "I cannot reveal specific parameters because it is a matter of