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Sofia will test the National Early Warning and Public Alert System across the capital on Thursday, Sofia Municipality said on Monday.

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova and Japanese Ambassador to Bulgaria Chikahisa Sumi discussed opportunities to expand bilateral cooperation and deepen the established strategic partnership between Bulgaria and Japan, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry said here Monday.

A fire that broke out in a villa zone near Sliven and the nearby village of Sotirya has been localized, with no injuries reported and no need for evacuation at this stage, the Sliven Regional Fire Safety and Civil Protection Service told BTA.

Justice Minister Nikolay Naydenov ordered a new selection procedure for candidates for Bulgaria’s European Prosecutor, the Justice Ministry said on Monday.

GERB-UDF MP Georg Georgiev attended the Monday hearing of Iva Mihaylova's case concerning a crash near Kocani, North Macedonia, in October 2025. “What we are seeing is the refusal to allow Iva to return to Bulgaria for treatment despite her deteriorating condition,” Georgiev told Bulgarian media. “This has now become a pattern, given that she has already been denied permission to do so several times. This has nothing to do with the criminal proceedings,” he added.

Speaking at a meeting with mayors from the Haskovo region on Monday, Regional Development and Public Works Minister Ivan Shishkov said that Bulgarians “will get motorways once we design them and find outside investors.” The meeting was held as part of the Ministry’s “Regions Speak” initiative.

Digital marketing and the online presence of farmers and food producers were the focus of the first session of the Farmers and Markets - Competitive through Sustainability forum which opened here on Monday.

The Commission on Protection of Competition (CPC) has requested detailed information from Lukoil Bulgaria and Lukoil Neftochim Burgas as part of its ongoing monitoring of the wholesale fuel market, following signals submitted to the antitrust authority and amid international developments affecting markets in Europe and Bulgaria, the regulator said on Friday.

The medieval Baba Vida Fortress in Vidin is one of Stefan Valdobrev’s favorite locations in his The Acoustics of Bulgaria project, he told BTA on Thursday. Here, the musician and his band, The Usual Suspects, recorded “Slabi Karti” (“Weak Cards”), which Valdobrev described as one of the hardest tracks on their upcoming album.

Bulgaria's Desislava Yordanova has won the Trimble Driver of the Year Award 2026, competing against more than 2,000 nominated professional truck drivers of various nationalities, the organizers’ press office said. The award was presented to

The Bulgarian News Agency signed a media partnership agreement with the Vratsa Symphony Orchestra on Wednesday to promote the cultural institution's concert activities.

An exhibition exploring whether people can be happy in difficult times without losing touch with the world opens at Sofia's Vaska Emanuilova Gallery, the gallery said on Wednesday. Curator Galina Dimitrova's project is inspired by Simone de

Regardless of the outcome of the case, Iva Mihaylova has the right to receive appropriate medical treatment, Progressive Bulgaria MP Boyko Mladenov said on Monday. Together with other members of the Bulgarian National Assembly, he attended the latest hearing in the case against Iva Mihaylova in the town of Kocani, Republic of North Macedonia.

Thousands of pupils across Romania wore black to school on Monday to protest a bill that would make uniforms compulsory, Radio Romania said.

The latest hearing in the case against Iva Mihaylova, who has dual citizenship, as she is recognized as a citizen both of Bulgaria and of North Macedonia, began here on Monday with the examination of a forensic expert witness. Mihaylova is on trial for her involvement in a car accident that resulted in one fatality near Kocani on October 7, 2025.

Bulgarian MP Elisaveta Belobradova told reporters here on Monday that Bulgarian MPs are present at Iva Mihaylova's hearing in the Republic of North Macedonia not to comment on the case or what is happening in the courtroom but to provide emotional support to the young woman who is a defendant in case concerning a car crash that caused one fatality near Kocani.