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Patriarch Neophyte, Holy Synod of Bulgarian Patriarchate Share Congratulatory Address for Easter Sunday and the Resurrec...
May 2 (BTA) - On the occasion of Easter Sunday which celebrates the Resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his Crucifixion, an address by Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte and the metropolitans of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church was read from the c...
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Bulgarian Socialist Party to Return Cabinet-forming Mandate on May 5
May 1 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) will return the exploratory mandate to form a government on May 5. The information was released by head of BSP-Sofia Kaloyan Pargov, emerging from a sitting of the BSP National Council on Saturday. "We made the decision...
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Bulgaria Marks May 1: Labour Day and International Workers' Solidarity Day
May 1 (BTA) - Bulgaria marks May 1, Labour Day and International Workers' Solidarity Day, with parades and events across the country. President Rumen Radev and the two biggest trade unions (CITUB and the Confederation of Labour Podkrepa) greeted Bulgaria's workers on...
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COVID-19 Update: 652 New Cases, 1,222 Recoveries
May 1 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 404,380 after 8,864 tests identified 652 new infections on Friday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 7.4 per cent. Currently, the hospital...
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Central Bank Publishes 2020 Annual Report
April 30 (BTA) - The Governing Council of the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) on Thursday adopted and submitted to the National Assembly the central bank report for 2020, the BNB press office said. In 2020, real GDP declined by 4.2 per cent. The annual growth of loans f...
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COVID-19 Update: 1,237 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 7.6%
April 30 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 403,728, after 16,259 tests identified 1,237 new infections on Thursday, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 7.6 per cent. Sofia City Reg...
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Bulgaria Announces New Rules for Entry as of May 1
April 29 (BTA) - The Bulgarian Health Minister Thursday issued an order with new rules for entry in Bulgaria from May 1. Persons arriving from India, Bangladesh, Brazil and countries and territories in Africa will be temporarily banned from entry in this country. Exception will a...
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Number of Voting Sections in Non-EU Countries No Longer Limited to 35
April 29 (BTA) - Bulgaria's National Assembly on Thursday voted, 117-8 with 107 abstentions, to amend the Election Code, lifting the limit of 35 voting sections for non-EU countries. The vote was retaken on a motion by GERB-UDF. In another revision, the legislature resolved th...
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Magistrates Stage Silent Protest against Proposed Closure of Specialized Courts, Prosecution Offices
April 29 (BTA) - Magistrates, some of them enrobed, and staff of the Specialized Prosecution Office and the Appellate Specialized Prosecution Office staged a 15-minute silent protest in front of Sofia's Palace of Justice on Thursday against proposed legislative revisions that, if...
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President Radev Will Hand Third Government-Forming Mandate to BSP for Bulgaria
April 29 (BTA) - President Rumen Radev will hand an exploratory mandate to form a government to the prime minister designated by the third largest parliamentary party BSP for Bulgaria, his press secretariat said on Thursday. /MORE .. //
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E-System for Choice of Vaccine Is Launched on May 10
April 29 (BTA) - Outgoing Health Minister Kostadin Angelov told a news briefing on Thursday that an electronic system for choosing a COVID-19 vaccine will be launched on May 10. The European Commission has launched an initiative for talks with three large companies who are...
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COVID-19 Update: 1,382 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 9.8%
April 29 (BTA) - The test positivity rate on Wednesday was 9.8 per cent after 1,382 new cases were confirmed through 14,082 tests, show data posted on coronavirus.bg on Thursday. The most confirmed cases, 331, were reported in Sofia, followed by Plovdiv with 127 and Varna w...
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Prosecutors Find Link between Four Ammo Warehouse Blasts in Bulgaria, Suspect Russian Involvement, Presume Aim as Sabota...
April 28 (BTA) - The Bulgarian prosecution service has found a connection between four blasts at ammunition depots in Bulgaria between 2011 and 2020, as well as a Russian connection, and suspect that all four explosions were intended to disrupt ammunition supplies to Ukraine and ...
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As Expected, Bulgarian Government Extends Epidemic Emergency until May's End
As Expected, Bulgarian Government Extends Epidemic Emergency by a Month until May's End Sofia, April 28 (BTA) - As expected, the government extended the epidemic emergency in Bulgaria by a month until May 31. Prime Minister Boyko Borissov announced the decision on Facebook...
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MPs Fail to Adopt Agenda for National Assembly's Work in the Two Days Before Easter, Plenary Session Is Closed
April 28 (BTA) - National Assembly Deputy Chair Christian Vigenin opened and closed the plenary session on Wednesday after MPs failed to adopt an agenda for the work of Parliament in the two plenary days before Easter. In the first vote, the proposed agenda was rejected ...
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President Radev Mandates There Is Such a People to Form Cabinet, They Return Mandate
April 28 (BTA) - On Wednesday, the second largest political force in Parliament, There Is Such a People (TISP), received from President Rumen Radev an exploratory mandate to form a government headed by former world chess champion Antoaneta Stefanova. Stefanova immediat...
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COVID-19 Update: 1,850 New Cases, Test Positivity Rate at 10.28
April 28 (BTA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Bulgaria reached 401,109 after 17,987 tests identified 1,850 new infections in the past 24 hours, according to data posted on https://coronavirus.bg/. The test positivity rate now stands at 10.28 per cent. Sofi...
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Bulgaria to Deploy 2,000 Troops in Q Defender Europe 21 Exercises
April 27 (BTA) - Bulgaria will deploy some 2,000 troops in the DEFENDER-Europe 21 exercises, Lieutenant General Lyubcho Todorov, Commander of the Joint Forces Command, who is responsible for the conduct of the exercises on Bulgarian territory, told a news conference here on Tuesd...
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President Radev to Mandate There Is Such a People to Form Cabinet on Wednesday
April 27 (BTA) - Bulgarian President Rumen Radev on Wednesday will hand a cabinet-forming mandate to the prime minister designate of There Is Such a People (TISP), which is the second largest parliamentary group in the 45th National Assembly, the head of State's Press Secretariat...
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Government Discusses Summer Tourism, Plans to Extend Epidemic Emergency
April 27 (BTA) - "The Government will extend the epidemic emergency on Wednesday, so that the hospitality industry and tour operators will be clear about the requirements during the summer tourist season," Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said on Tuesday. He discussed...