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The Council of Ministers approved additional expenditure of EUR 4,986,305 under the 2026 budget of the Ministry of Transport and Communications for Bulgaria Heli Med Service EAD. The funds will be provided as a subsidy to ensure air transport for the state-organized emergency medical care system.

The Council of Ministers decided to abolish the Partnership for Health Council, a permanent consultative and advisory body to the Council of Ministers, the government information service said on Thursday.

The Government has tasked the State Financial Inspection Agency with conducting a financial inspection of National Palace of Culture – Congress Centre Sofia EAD for the period from January 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026.

The Government on Thursday approved a draft 2026–2028 healthcare cooperation plan with North Macedonia.

Road freight transport in Bulgaria will receive EUR 55 million in government support. On Thursday, the government approved a de minimis aid scheme aimed at supporting the costs of maintaining the competitiveness of Bulgaria’s heavy-duty road transport sector.

In July 2026 compared to June 2026, the average interest rate on consumer loans increased by 0.36 percentage points to 9.12% and the Annual Percentage Rate of Charge (APRC) on these loans – by 0.37 percentage points to 9.42%, show data published by the Bulgarian National Bank on Thursday.

Trips by Bulgarian residents abroad totalled 1,037,700 in July 2026, up 3.1% from July 2025, according to preliminary data published by the National Statistical Institute (NSI) on Thursday. Trips for holiday and recreation purposes increased by 4.2%

Varna Region is set to play a role in the new national priority Space Technologies and Dual-Use Technologies under Bulgaria’s updated Innovation Strategy for Smart Specialisation 2021–2027, the Varna Regional Information Centre (RIC) said on Wednesday.

The City Art Gallery in Plovdiv will host the 32nd Week of Contemporary Art, which this year explores the theme Bug in Reality, the cultural institution announced. The exhibition opens on September 3 and runs through October 2.

Bulgaria’s first permanent exhibition dedicated to seagrasses opened at St. Anastasia Island near Burgas on Monday, the organizers said.

The municipalities of Shumen, Kaspichan and Veliki Preslav are developing a joint tourism package called This Is Where Bulgaria Begins to benefit from the international interest expected when Burgas hosts the Eurovision Song Contest 2027, Shumen Municipality’s press service said Monday.

Nearly 190 films from 42 countries will be screened in Burgas from August 25 to 27 as part of the first edition of the Who Creates? International Youth Film Festival, the organzers from the local charitable foundation Youniverse said here on Friday.

A Bulgarian couple were detained over a fire near Kavala in Northern Greece, the news portal in.gr said on Wednesday, citing the Hellenic Fire Service.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Serbia's firefighting helicopters have greater capacity than the equipment deployed by the European Union, while noting that Europe's advantage lies in its rapid response.

A drone was found Monday afternoon near the village of Ciuslea in Romania's eastern Vrancea County, close to Moldova border, the Romanian Ministry of National Defence said.

President Iliana Iotova told journalists on Saturday that she will raise the case of Iva Mihaylova during a meeting with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg in mid-September. Iotova made the statement in response to a