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May 6: Mostly sunny. Clouds to gather in the late afternoon, with brief rainshowers, thunderstorms. Possible hailstorms in Western and Northern Bulgaria. Light to moderate west-southwestery wind. Highs: 25C to 30C, 25C in Sofia.

Sofia Municipality will launch a new project to improve air quality by reducing fine particulate matter through development of green infrastructure focused on limiting secondary dust dispersion. The initiative, titled Green Measures for Cleaner Air in Sofia Municipality is funded under the EU’s Programme Environment 2021-2027 for Bulgaria, which is providing a grant of BGN 5,737,614.06, Sofia Municipality said in a press release on Monday.

Units of the Bulgarian Armed Forces held a rehearsal for the Valour Day parade on May 6. There were eight representative units of the Guards of Honour, the Second Mechanized Brigade, the Air Force, the Navy, the  Joint Special Operations Command,

It will clear over most of the country during the first half of the night. High clouds will increase from west to east starting at midnight. Winds will subside in most places. Atmospheric pressure will be lower than average for the month and will

Unit 5 of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant will be shut down for scheduled annual maintenance and refueling on May 5, 2025, the plant said in a press release on Friday.

European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation Ekaterina Zaharieva will visit Bulgaria, the European Commission said on Friday. On May 3 at 11 am, Commissioner Zaharieva will participate in the official opening of a pilot mobile plant

The unemployment rate in the European Union in March 2025, seasonally adjusted, was 5.8%. It remained unchanged compared to February 2025, but declined compared to March 2024, when it reached 6%, Eurostat said Friday

The Bulgarian National Bank Wednesday announced a base interest rate (simple per annum interest) of 2.24% as of May 1, 2025. This is yet another month for which the central bank reduces the base interest rate, which was set at 2.39% for April. This

The 12th edition of the International Literary and Film Student Competition Whoever Saves a Single Life, Saves an Entire Universe will give the audience the opportunity to choose their winner through online voting, which is open until May 15, said the organizers from the Alef Centre for Jewish-Bulgarian Cooperation on Monday.

The pre-selection process for the first Sofia Cantus Firmus International Violin Competition has been completed, Cantus Firmus said, adding that 17 violinists from Austria, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Portugal, Poland, Japan, China, South Korea, the United States, and Bulgaria have been selected. The selected participants range in age from 18 to 28.

The cultural-historical complex "Yard of the Cyrillic Alphabet" in Pliska celebrated its 10th anniversary on Friday. The ceremony was attended by Deputy Prime Minister Atanas Zafirov, Minister of Education Krasimir Valchev, regional governors, MPs, Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) Director General Kiril Valchev, mayors and municipal councilors.

The finalists in an international video 3D mapping contest, Legacy, organized by MP-STUDIO as part of the fourth edition of the LUNAR Festival of Lights, are nine instead of the originally planned seven, said Marin Petkov, founder of MP Studio and

Former Romanian President Klaus Iohannis voted at a polling station in Sibiu, where he was mayor for three consecutive terms. He went to exercise his right to vote together with his wife Carmen. Iohannis stressed the importance of the elections

Independent presidential candidate Daniel Funeriu said he voted for a Western-oriented Romania, where people live "in truth" and are guided by a "moral compass."

Three patients injured in the March 16 fire in a disco in Kocani, North Macedonia, have been discharged after treatment in the Pirogov accident and emergency hospital in Sofia.

Around 8 am on April 30, customs officers at Danube Bridge 2 (Vidin-Calafat), stopped for inspection  a refrigerated truck, travelling from Belgium to Turkiye, the Appellate Sofia Prosecutor’s Office said on Friday. The vehicle was selected for a