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The National Assembly passed at first reading on Friday the 2026 State Social Security Budget Bill by 131 votes in favour and 70 against, with no abstentions.

Multiple breaches were found at Sofia's Municipal Waste Treatment Plant during an unannounced inspection carried out on 8 July by the Sofia Regional Inspectorate of Environment and Water (RIEW), the RIEW said on Friday.

The fishing port in Burgas's Kraimorie Quarter has again been awarded the international Blue Flag eco-label.

No single topic dominates Friday's news media.

Construction output fell 0.8% month on month but rose 5.6% year on year in May 2026, National Statistical Institute data showed on Friday.

Bulgaria’s exports to non-EU countries rose 4.1% year on year to EUR 6.4974 billion in January-May, the National Statistical Institute said on Friday. Seven key markets accounted for 48.2% of the total.

Bulgaria's foreign trade balance with the EU (export FOB - import CIF) was negative in the period January–April, amounting to EUR 735.7 million, the NSI said.

The government approved the draft of a new General Civil Liability Insurance Contract covering the liability for nuclear damage of Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant EAD. The insurance contract will be concluded with the Bulgarian National Nuclear

Opera divas like Ghena Dimitrova fulfil their own dreams and also fulfil our dream of reaching the pinnacle of world music, said Tatyana Ivanova, a music editor at the Bulgarian National Radio. She is among the authors in a new LIK magazine issue

The special issue of LIK magazine dedicated to the legendary Bulgarian soprano Ghena Dimitrova demonstrates the lasting importance of journalists who document cultural events, LIK Managing Director, Yanitsa Hristova, said during the presentation of

Addressing an event dedicated to presenting the June issue of LIK magazine here on Thursday, Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) Director General Milen Mitev said that the BNR is the country's audio memory, just as the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) is its written memory. The June issue of the magazine is dedicated to opera singer Ghena Dimitrova's 85th birth anniversary.

"Great artists cure culture of provincialism, inferiority complexes, xenophobia, and poor taste," Assoc. Prof. Georgi Lozanov, Editor-in-Chief of LIK, said during the press launch of the magazine's June issue, dedicated to the 85th birth anniversary of world-renowned Bulgarian soprano Ghena Dimitrova.

After a series of hot days in early July, snow fell in Romania's Bucegi Mountains at the height of the season, and the air temperature barely reached 1 C.

Deputy Foreign Minister Ivanka Tasheva and Montenegro's Ambassador to Bulgaria Dorde Jankovic discussed further strengthening bilateral relations during a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the ministry said on Friday.

The traditional Galicnik Wedding, a centuries-old wedding ritual that has evolved into a cultural festival while retaining real newlyweds, is taking place from July 10 to 12 in the mountain village of Galicnik on Mount Bistra in North Macedonia.

The summer tour in Greece of the Ivan Vazov National Theatre will be presented at the National Press Club of the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) in the capital Athens. The event will take place on Monday, July 13, at 1:00 p.m. local time, and information will be provided about the upcoming 13 performances of The Bacchae by the Bulgarian director Yavor Gardev, which will be performed in ancient theaters across the country.