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Bulgaria is becoming a regional centre for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing, Minister of Innovation and Digital Transformation Ivan Vasilev said on Friday.

By order of Prime Minister Rumen Radev, Georgi Georgiev Todorov has been appointed Deputy Minister of Tourism, the government press service said on Friday.

Officers of the General Directorate Combating Organized Crime (GDCOC) intercepted a channel for smuggling cigarettes from Greece through Bulgaria to Romania and detained two people near Pernik, Deputy Director Senior Commissioner Darin Kostov said here Friday.

No single issue dominates Bulgarian media on Friday, but the amendments to the Competition Protection Act and Consumer Protection Act, initiated by the ruling Progressive Bulgaria party, aimed at curbing rising prices and tackling "unfair trade practices", debated by the National Assembly, emerges as the leading story.

The average monthly wage in Bulgaria reached EUR 1,407 in Q1 of 2026, up by 2.8% compared with Q4 of 2025, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said on Friday.

Accurate data are key to making good decisions in education, Education Minister Georgi Valchev stressed during a meeting with World Bank Regional Director for Human Development in the Europe and Central Asia Region Michal Rutkowski on Friday. The two discussed the continuation of joint initiatives in the field of education and work on the project to strengthen the production and use of data for better learning outcomes in Bulgaria, which was launched last year, the Ministry’s press centre said.

In two separate proceedings, the Commission for the Protection of Competition (CPC) accused a total of seven companies of forming a cartel. The companies in question had participated in various public procurements for the supply of hospital food and machinery and equipment for mining and construction. In both proceedings, CPC teams carried out surprise on-site inspections at the companies' offices, following a court order from the Sofia District Administrative Court and with the assistance of the Specialized Police Forces Department of the Ministry of Interior, the commission reported on Friday.

Bulgarian Posts will resume accepting outgoing parcels to Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Oman as of May 18, 2026, the company’s press centre said on Friday. In early March, Bulgarian Posts suspended all types of shipments to countries in the Middle

A two-part exhibition of works by established European artists, “Graphic Collection – Part I (until 1940)” and “Graphic Collection – Part II (after 1945),” will be presented at the Rivoli Gallery in Sofia, the hosts said on Wednesday. The organizers

The Council for Electronic Media (CEM) held a meeting on Tuesday with representatives of the media and academia dedicated to the proper use of the Bulgarian language in electronic media. Held ahead of the Day of the Holy Brothers Cyril and

President Iliana Iotova presented the President's Badge of Honour for contributions to education, culture, the performing and musical arts, literature and librarianship on Tuesday.

Drawings and sculptures by Valko Tsenov will be shown in Between Matter and Metaphor at Sofia’s Etud Gallery, the hosts said on Tuesday. The exhibition opens this evening and runs until May 30.

Activities as part of the CROSS LANDING 2026 aviation exercise between Serbia and Hungary were conducted at the Bikovo sports airport on the outskirts of Subotica and in Sombor, northwestern Serbia. The exercise is taking place this week in the

Turkiye and Armenia are ready to start direct trade, Turkiye's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Oncu Keceli said on X on Wednesday.

Three Turkish nationals aboard MV Hondius after hantavirus cases were recorded will be brought back to Turkiye and quarantined, Turkiye’s Ministry of Health said on X on Monday.

Serbian Prime Minister Djuro Macut congratulated Rumen Radev on his election as Prime Minister of Bulgaria, the Serbian government press service announced on its website on Friday. Macut said that Serbia remains committed to strengthening