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Representatives of political entities in the 51st National Assembly have extended New Year greetings and addressed this country's euro area accession in posts on social media. 

In their New Year’s messages, President Rumen Radev, Parliament leader Raya Nazaryan, and outgoing Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov highlighted Bulgaria’s adoption of the euro as its national currency. As of January 1, Bulgaria is the 21st member of

In a Facebook post on Wednesday, outgoing Justice Minister Georgi Georgiev said that major legislative reforms, delayed for years, had been implemented and two payments had been received from the European Commission within a single year.

With the adoption of the euro, Bulgaria affirms its place at the heart of the European Union, facilitates travel, business, and investment, and contributes to stability and confidence in the common European economy, the Foreign Ministry said on

With Bulgaria joining the euro area, Bulgarian National Bank, the country’s national central bank, becomes part of the Eurosystem and the Governor of the Bulgarian National Bank gains a seat on the Governing Council of the ECB, said the European

The European Union imported 120,000 tonnes of fireworks worth EUR 406.7 million from countries outside the EU in 2024, according to Eurostat data made public on Wednesday. This marks a 9.5% increase in volume and a 21.5% increase in value compared

The ski season in the winter resort of Pamporovo, Southern Bulgaria, got off to a good start despite difficulties caused by a lack of natural snowfall and unusually high temperatures in December, which delayed the timely production of artificial snow.

Bulgaria's gross external debt amounted to EUR 53,557.4 million at end-October 2025, up by EUR 4,992.5 (10.3%) from a year earlier, according to preliminary data of the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB). The gross external debt was 47.7% of GDP,

The Earth and Man National Museum will host an exhibition for high school graduates and five temporary exhibitions in January 2026, the museum said on Tuesday.

The film Restavrazov by Bulgarian filmmaker Adrian Al Jazzar has been selected to compete in the Best Comedy Film and Best Cast categories at the IndieX Film Festival in Hollywood in January, Al Jazzar told BTA on Monday.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew told the media covering the visit of Bulgarian Patriarch Daniil to the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople that this visit has greatly contributed to "the strengthening of the bond between the Church of Constantinople and the Bulgarian Church."

The day is very important for the Bulgarian community because it marks the feast day of St Stephen Church, said Dimitri Yotef, Chair of the Boards of the Foundation of the Orthodox Churches of the Bulgarian Exarchate in Istanbul and the Foundation

A yellow code alert was issued in 16 provinces in Turkiye for Monday due to snowfall and strong winds, Turkiye’s public broadcaster TRT Haber reported. The winter conditions forced students and employees in some regions to stay at home. The severe

Polling stations for Kosovo’s snap parliamentary elections opened at 7:00 a.m. local time on Sunday and will close at 7:00 p.m. According to Kosovo’s Central Election Commission (CEC), a total of 2,076,290 Kosovo citizens are eligible to vote. Of

Protesting Greek farmers are continuing their actions at various locations across the country with new blockades, increasing pressure on the government on the eve of the holidays, Greek state television ERT reported.

The aim is to enable citizens to regularize their ownership of the buildings they use for residential or commercial purposes, thereby overcoming the problem of illegal construction. The submission of applications will continue until February 8, 2026.