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Political forces in Parliament Tuesday reacted to the news of the 15-month suspension of the gas supply deal between Bulgaria's state-owned gas supplier Bulgargaz and Turkiye's energy company BOTAS, announced on Monday.

The 2026 Budget Bill of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) was adopted on Tuesday at first reading by Parliament's Budget and Finance Committee with 15 votes in favour, 9 against and no abstentions.

Low water levels on the Danube are disrupting shipping in the Bulgarian section of the river, with six shallow spots forming, Bozhidar Yankov, Secretary General of the Executive Agency for Exploration and Maintenance of the Danube River in Ruse, said on Tuesday.

The decision follows a series of inspections related to construction activities near the village of Voluyak. A municipal investigation found violations and failures by the district administration in carrying out its responsibilities.

In Bulgaria, 43.4% of overnight stays in tourist accommodations in 2025 were recorded in July and August.

In May 2026, the turnover in retail trade, except trade in motor vehicles and motorcycles, at constant prices increased by 0.8% compared to April 2026, according to preliminary and seasonally adjusted data released by the National Statistical Institute on Tuesday.

Dr. Koicho Koev has been appointed Bulgaria's Chief Veterinary Sanitary Inspector by order of Agriculture and Food Minister Plamen Abrovski, the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) announced on Monday. The announcement says that the appointment "is

Bulgaria was among the European Union Member States with the highest annual retail sales growth in May 2026, recording an increase of 7.9%, according to Eurostat data released on Monday.  In May 2026, compared with May 2025, the calendar adjusted

The world premiere of Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov’s film Black Money for White Nights took place at the 60th anniversary edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Bulgaria’s National Film Centre said on Tuesday.

The University of Forestry in Sofia has 198 foreign students in 2026, the university’s press office told BTA. The students come from 28 countries across Europe, Asia, North America, and Africa, including Turkiye, Germany, Spain, France, Greece and

The University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy in Sofia has 120 international students in 2026, Vice Rector Dr. Petar Nikolov told BTA.

Sofia has the capacity, infrastructure and momentum needed to host the Eurovision Song Contest and is the natural choice to stage the event, Deputy Mayor for Culture and Tourism Irina Dakova said.

Turkiye's BOTAS and Bulgaria's Bulgargaz will expand cooperation and review their current gas contract, Turkiye's Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Monday after meeting Minister of Energy Iva Petrova in Ankara.

The trial against Iva Mihaylova, who is charged with a crime related to road traffic safety in North Macedonia, has begun at the Kocani Basic Court.

Greek authorities have arrested a 76-year-old man suspected of causing a large fire in the area of ​​the suburb of Oraiokastro near Thessaloniki, the regional news website Voria reported on Monday.

Serbian Patriarch Porfirije is visiting Serbian monasteries in the former Serbian province of Kosovo together with US President Donald Trump's spiritual advisor Dr. Mark Burns, the Serbian Orthodox Church announced on its website on Monday.