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POLITICS Trud writes that constitutional lawyers say Parliament is obliged to complete the procedure on President Rumen Radev’s request for a referendum on the introduction of EUR after the Constitutional Court rules on the actions of former

Mariana Barakchieva-Roder is one of the young Bulgarians who have been educated abroad and have brought their business ideas back home. An IT graduate from Switzerland, Mariana returned to the Rhodope Mountains with her husband, Simon, to run a family business in the village of Smilyan, selling their products worldwide.

Bulgaria has the unique opportunity to transform from a transit country into a strategic gateway to the European market, Tsoncho Ganev, National Assembly Deputy Chair, said at the Second China-Europe Railway Express Cooperation Forum.

The parliamentary Committee on Internal Security and Public Order approved at first reading Wednesday, with ten votes “in favour”, eight “against” and one “abstained”, the draft state budget for 2026.

The changes are expected to accelerate access to water resources, improve oversight by local authorities, and support more effective, sustainable water management across Bulgaria.

A total of EUR 260 million has been earmarked to help reduce socio-economic disparities in Bulgaria via the European Economic Area (EEA) Financial Mechanism and the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2021-2028. The Ministry of Innovation and Growth announced on its official website on Wednesday that this had been agreed at the signing of the Memoranda of Understanding between Bulgaria and Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway on the implementation of both mechanisms.

Wizz Air resumed direct flights between Sofia and Abu Dhabi as part of its winter schedule, the airline’s press service said Wednesday.

The budget is the most feasible one in terms of revenue and expenditure policies, National Social Security Institute (NSSI) President Vesela Karaivanova-Nacheva told journalists in Parliament on Tuesday, after the Parliamentary Committee on Labour

A library with 250 donated books was opened at the Vratsa Hospital on Wednesday.

The Association of European Journalists – Bulgaria (AEJ–Bulgaria) Tuesday strongly condemned an article in an online newspaper that the organization says shifted blame for a recent murder onto the female victim. The article in Telegraph.bg risked

After an all-night vigil and Sunday morning's Divine Liturgy, the Bulgarian Monastery of St George Zograf on Mount Athos marked the autumn feast of St George (November 16, Old Style) with a procession bearing the miracle-working icon of Saint George.

Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov presented the St. Paisii Hilendarski State Award to Prof. Hristo Yotsov on Friday for his outstanding contribution to Bulgarian culture, the government said in a press release. The award is presented annually to artists whose work awakens the spirit, preserves traditions, and develops Bulgaria’s cultural identity.

On the eve of a potential fuel-supply crisis, Serbia’s petrol stations remain calm, with no queues and only a slight uptick in prices — which nevertheless remain among the highest in the Balkans, a BTA check showed.

A foreigner without identity documents and carrying two pistols was detained at the Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint on November 15, the Border Police General Directorate said here on Monday. He was found in a specially adapted hiding place under the front seats of a bus entering Bulgaria, driven by a 49-year-old Turkish citizen.

Thousands of Bulgarian expatriates in Turkiye have flocked to Momchilgrad for the opening of the restored childhood home of legendary weightlifter Naim Suleymanoglu, which has been converted into a museum.

Bulgaria is trying to convince its Romanian partners of the importance of new bridges across the Danube, Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov said on Saturday, as quoted by the government information service. The Prime Minister inspected the site for a