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Rumen Radev has ceased to perform the duties of President after the Constitutional Court terminated his powers following his resignation, making him the first democratically elected head of state in Bulgaria to step down before the end of his

Bulgaria's Constitutional Court has dismissed a petition by 49 MPs challenging the constitutionality of a January 16, 2025 National Assembly resolution electing Rosen Zhelyazkov as Prime Minister and the structure and name list of his Cabinet.

The Appellate Court in Varna refused to extradite a citizen of Russia and Israel. The 50-year-old man is wanted by Russian authorities on charges of participating in an organized criminal group and robbery. According to the case files, the group operated in Saint Petersburg

The topics of Bulgaria joining President Trump’s Board of Peace, President Rumen Radev’s potential new party, and Election Code amendments dominate Friday’s news media.

The Stara Zagora Region, as the core of the Maritsa Coal Basin, is among the main beneficiaries of the Just Transition Fund (JTF) in Bulgaria.

The Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) will put into circulation a silver collector coin themed “125 Years of the Electric Tram in Bulgaria” on January 26. This is the first collector coin to be issued by the BNB following Bulgaria’s adoption of the euro

A UK-Turkish packaging manufacturer has launched its production lines at a new plant in Burgas, the city’s mayor Dimitar Nikolov said in a post on Facebook. According to Nikolov, Smith Anderson & Apa LLC began operating its production lines on

The share of housing transactions made with buyers' own funds in Sofia increased in the last months of 2025, the annual review of the housing market by the Imoteka real estate company, received Thursday by BTA, said.

BTA will for a fourth consecutive year have a special correspondent on board the Bulgarian naval research vessel Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii (RSV 421) and at the national press club of BTA at the Bulgarian Antarctic base.

The Bulgarian pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale is conceived as the headquarters of a fictional research laboratory. It is structured within a single timeline encompassing the past, present, and future, said Martina Yordanova, curator of the project Federation of Minor Practices, at a news conference at the BTA National Press Club on Tuesday.

Mirena Zlateva explores the intersection of sculpture and jewellery in her latest exhibition Change of Focus at the Vera Nedkova House Museum in Sofia, the National Gallery said on Monday. The exhibition opens January 21 and will run until June

Bulgaria’s outgoing Culture Minister Marian Bachev and UNESCO Director-General Khaled El-Enany have signed an agreement at UNESCO headquarters in Paris under which the Centre for Underwater Archaeology (CUA) in Sozopol officially acquires the status of a Category 2 Institute under the auspices of UNESCO, the Culture Ministry said Monday.

The Haskovo District Court announced that a Turkish national has pleaded guilty and received a two-year suspended sentence for smuggling two trucks of cigarettes through the Kapitan Andreevo border control checkpoint. This followed an agreement

Romanian President Nicusor Dan said during an extraordinary meeting of European heads of state and government in Brussels on Friday that Romania and Europe need a partnership with the United States. This is evident from the information provided by the president's office and sent to the BTA editorial office.

Turkiye will train three million young people over the next three years under a youth employment programme as a measure to meet labour market needs, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during his speech at the congress of the Turkish Enterprise and Business Confederation.

Thousands of kilometres of rivers across the Balkans are facing growing threats as hydropower development, dams, and infrastructure projects take a heavy toll on the region’s iconic waterways, according to a major new study.