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The Ministry of Interior will do everything within its powers to establish the facts surrounding the verbal confrontation between a group of foreign nationals and a group of Bulgarians in Bansko, acting Secretary General of the Interior Ministry Chief Commissioner Lyubomir Nikolov said, as quoted by the Ministry's press centre on Thursday.

The ruling Progressive Bulgaria coalition has “handed over” the Khan Tervel offshore oil and gas exploration block to Turkiye and refused to discuss the matter in Parliament, Vazrazhdane leader Kostadin Kostadinov said Thursday, according to the party’s press service.

Any racist and antisemitic element of the incident involving a verbal confrontation between Bulgarian and Italian youths outside a hotel in the Bulgarian mountain resort of Bansko should be investigated separately from any possible hooligan behaviour, Chair of the Federation of Zionists in Bulgaria Nikolay Galabov told a media briefing on Thursday.

Air travel between the European Union and the United Arab Emirates remains uncertain amid the tensions in the Persian Gulf, Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry warned on Thursday. The Ministry said European airlines are currently waiting for the security

Bulgaria recorded the third-highest annual increase in retail trade volume among EU Member States in June 2026, at 7.1%, behind Luxembourg and Sweden, according to first estimates released by Eurostat on Thursday.

An interactive map of registered water sports facilities along the Bulgarian Black Sea coast was added to a public register, the Ministry of Transport and Communications said on Thursday.

German airport operator Fraport reported a 4% year-on-year increase in revenue to EUR 2.07 billion in the first half of 2026, while EBITDA rose 3.8% to EUR 582.3 million, the operator said on Thursday.

A working meeting on improving Bulgaria's transport accessibility and tourism connectivity was held in Sofia on Wednesday at the initiative of Tourism Minister Ilin Dimitrov. The meeting was also attended by Transport and Communications Minister

Opening Bulgarian culture to Europe while preserving its national identity was Pencho Slaveykov’s vision of modernity, BTA Director General Kiril Valchev said on Thursday.

The Black Sea village of Emona will host music, film, literature and visual art from Thursday to August 12 during the traditional ArtEmona Festival, the organizers from Emona Community Centre said.

Breast pain, nursing strikes and weaning are among mothers’ most common breastfeeding concerns, La Leche League counsellor Elena Gvozdeykova told BTA on Thursday.

Iraqi News Agency (INA) Director General Sattar Jiyad Al-Ardawi visited the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) National Press Club in Veliko Tarnovo and toured the historic Tsarevets Fortress on Wednesday. He was introduced to the activities of the press

Local media in North Macedonia again reported increased traffic toward Greece on Wednesday. The summer holiday season, the traditional routes used by Serbian travellers heading to the Greek coast via North Macedonia, and the introduction of the

Bulgarian border police completed the evacuation of all 186 passengers from the Swiss-flagged cruise ship Viking Ullur after it ran aground on the Danube near Vidin, Border Police told BTA on Tuesday.

Four areas on the Greek island of Paros have been evacuated because of a wildfire, Greek news outlet Proto Thema reported on Tuesday.

The European Union has expressed concern over reciprocal entry bans imposed on journalists by Serbia and Montenegro, stating that measures restricting media work are not in line with the values expected of EU candidate countries. The European