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Sofia Municipal Council belongs to [GERB leader Boyko] Borissov and [Movement for Rights and Freedoms - New Beginning Delyan] Peevski, the state belongs to them also, and all Sofia residents are paying the price right now, as these two are trying to pressure Sofia Mayor Vasil Terziev, Continue the Change (CC) Co-Chair Kiril Petkov said on Thursday, speaking of the protests, which stopped public transport in Sofia on Wednesday and continued on Thursday, with public transport workers demanding wage increases.

Marie Bjerre, Minister for European Affairs of the Kingdom of Denmark, visited Sofia on May 14-15, as part of Minister Bjerre's tour of EU Member States, in the context of the upcoming Danish Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Instead of looking for solutions, Sofia Mayor Vasil Terziev is shifting responsibility to the Sofia Municipal Council (SMC) and the managements of transport companies, said BSP for Bulgaria municipal group chair Ivan Takov on Thursday.

Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev Thursday participated in an informal meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Antalya (Turkiye). The ministers met to lay the groundwork for the NATO Summit in The Hague on June 24-25.

Bulgaria's National Assembly on Thursday voted, 165-5 with five abstentions, to pass on first reading a Bill to Amend and Supplement the Recovery and Resolution of Credit Institutions and Investment Firms Act.

In March 2025, compared with February 2025, seasonally adjusted industrial production in Bulgaria decreased by 3.6%, marking the sixth consecutive month of decline, according to first estimates released by Eurostat on Thursday.

The expansion of trade and economic ties between Bulgaria and Indonesia was the focus of talks between the newly appointed Bulgarian Trade Commissioner for Indonesia Daniel Dobrev and Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) President Tsvetan Simeonov on Thursday.

In the first quarter of 2025, seasonally adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.3% in both the euro area and the EU, compared with the previous quarter, according to a flash estimate published by Eurostat on Thursday.

Eleven collages and two drawings are part of an exhibition, "Instructions for Daily Life". by American artist Raimundo Figueroa. It will open at One Gallery within the framework of the Night of Museums on May 17, organizers said. Figueroa builds his

The second edition of the Leterapopoli World Literature Festival opened in Plovdiv on Tuesday, the Culture Department of the Plovdiv Municipality said.

On Wednesday, National Assembly Chair Nataliya Kiselova and Nikolay Denkov will open a photo-documentary exhibition at the National Assembly, titled "The Worldwide Echo of the April Uprising". The event, will be attended by the great-grandson of William Gladstone - Francis Gladstone, at the invitation of Denkov, said the Continue the Change part press centre on Tuesday.

Soprano Gabriela Georgieva, a Sofia Opera soloist, was named Musician of the Year for 2024 in the 34th national poll conducted by the Allegro Vivace classical music programme of the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR).

The medieval rock monastery near Krepcha, Targovishte Region, draws visitors with its earliest known Cyrillic inscriptions. Addressing a local conference in Targovishte held as part of the EU-backed BTA project titled Europe on Balkans - Cohesion

The project on implementing the renewed priorities of the European Adult Learning Agenda is a good example of how European policies can be successfully implemented at the local level, with real benefits for residents, Todorka Taneva, Chief Secretary of the Targovishte Regional Administration, said during a local conference held here on Wednesday. The event was part of BTA’s Europe on Balkans: Cohesion Skills project.

Three schools and a kindergarten in Targovishte will be completely renovated with a total of BGN 13 million under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, Petya Stoyanova, expert at Targovishte Municipality, said during a local conference held here on Wednesday. The event was part of BTA’s Europe on Balkans: Cohesion Skills project.

The grant under the Operational Programme Science and Education for Smart Growth in the Targovishte Region for the programming period 2014-2020 amounts to nearly BGN 800,000, Regional Information Centre Manager Peyo Berov said during a local conference held here on Wednesday. The event was part of BTA’s Europe on Balkans: Cohesion Skills project.