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Detained Varna Mayor Blagomir Kotsev's lawyer, Ina Lulcheva, Friday said that she had requested the termination of the criminal proceedings against Kotsev, as well as the revocation or modification of his remand measure.

Parliament on Friday adopted at first reading amendments to the Consumer Protection Act. The bill, submitted by the Council of Ministers, was supported by 124 votes in favour, two against and 45 abstentions. The amendments introduce the requirements

The topic that dominates Friday’s media is the 2026 State Budget.

Parliament Friday voted, 114–19 with 49 abstentions, to approve first-reading amendments to the Energy Efficiency Act that provide for the establishment of a national decarbonization fund. The bill was introduced by Pavela Mitova of There Is Such a

In 2023, the number of active enterprises in Bulgaria reached 404,257, with 43,353 newly established businesses, according to final data from the National Statistical Institute (NSI), published on the institute’s website on Friday.

The formula for Bulgaria’s economic development lies in finding the answer to the question of how to produce expensive and unique products that others cannot produce. This, according to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Innovation and Growth

Speaking at an international conference entitled iN Sofia 2025 here on Friday, European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation Ekaterina Zaharieva said that the green transition and the development of artificial intelligence (AI) are both a challenge and an opportunity for Europe.

The parliamentary Budget and Finance Committee adopted at an extraordinary Friday sitting a draft resolution introducing a temporary measure to restrict the export and intra-Community supply of petroleum products to other European Union Member States. With this resolution, the Government is temporarily limiting the export of petroleum products - mainly diesel and aviation fuel - in order to prevent speculation with fuel prices in Bulgaria, in the context of the U.S. sanctions on the Russian company Lukoil and the potential effects on its assets in Bulgaria.

“A paradox can be observed. We have so many sources of information, and yet, we are often not well or deeply informed. We are misled — if not outright deceived. This is also a defect of our media system today. There’s plenty of information, plenty of social media. But the kind of journalistic work that digs deeper, that looks back to explain logical connections, to seek out arguments and outline what should come next — that’s becoming rarer,” Iotova remarked.

President Rumen Radev on Friday conferred the President’s Honorary Badge on Bulgarian cultural figures, on the eve of National Awakeners’ Day on November 1. In recognition of their significant contribution in the fields of science, education,

"I am grateful for the honorary distinction Golden Age, which I accept as recognition of the Bulgarian News Agency’s (BTA) significant contribution to the development and promotion of Bulgarian culture and art," BTA Director General Kiril Valchev wrote to the Ministry of Culture on Thursday from Bolhrad, Ukraine, where he is attending BTA-organized events marking the Day of the Bessarabian Bulgarians.

The Head of the European Parliament (EP) Office in Bulgaria, Teodor Stoychev, and journalism professor Georgi Lozanov presented certificates to participants in the fourth training programme for young journalists, organized by the Bulgarian News

Serbia and Uzbekistan have signed cooperation agreements in the fields of economy and energy and nine other sectors during Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic’s official visit to Tashkent, which began on Tuesday and will continue until Friday.

Ukraine’s Ambassador to Serbia Volodymyr Tolkach said in an interview with Danas newspaper that Russia is blackmailing Serbia through its oil and gas supplies. Tolkach said that Russia does not want to sell its share in the Serbian oil company NIS

The path toward the European Union remains the direction North Macedonia wants to follow, but the key questions are what the country gains in the process and whether the terms are fair, North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said in his address marking the Day of the Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle on Wednesday.

The Council of Ministers Tuesday adopted a decision approving a draft Agreement between the Governments of Bulgaria and Turkiye in the fields of health and medical sciences, as a basis for negotiations. The Agreement foresees cooperation and