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Tension arose after the death of 36-year-old Yavor Georgiev, who died after he was taken in custody in Varna, on the Black Sea. The young man's relatives and friends have come out in protest as they believe police violence was perpetrated against him and are demanding a full clarification of the truth. Interior Minister Daniel Mitov Thursday called the case a "police overreach" and dismissed Interior Ministry's Varna Directorate Director Andrey Angelov from his post to restore confidence in the seaside city's police. Parliamentary parties reacted to the case on Thursday.

A proposed amendment to the Rules of Procedure of Bulgaria’s National Assembly seeks to prevent two parliamentary groups from using the same name or abbreviation

If the changes are approved conclusively, a proposal for a master plan for a public transport port will no longer have to be supported by documents certifying the completion of procedures under the Environmental Protection Act and the Biological Diversity Act. It will be enough to name the number, the issuing date and the issuing authority of the respective administrative instrument.

Bulgaria's National Assembly on Thursday voted, 114-48 with no abstentions, to pass on first reading a Bill to Amend and Supplement the Railway Transport Act proposed by the Council of Ministers.

Some 46.5% of Bulgarians and 66.3% of Bulgarian businesses approve of Bulgaria joining the eurozone, according to May 2025 data from a survey by the sociological agency Alpha Research. Somewhat or completely disapprove 46.8% of citizens and 33.6% of businesses. 6.7% of citizens and 0.1% of businesses are unable to assess.

To address the shortage of nurses in Bulgaria, the Institute for Market Economics (IME) proposed a significant increase in nurses’ salaries, along with a funding mechanism to ensure the money directly reaches the nurses, the IME reported on

A meeting of an Interdepartamental Coordination Mechanism (IMC) on Bulgaria's accession to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) was held at the Foreign Ministry on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Minister Georg

In the first quarter of 2025, the average price of agricultural output in the EU rose by 2.6%, marking a second consecutive quarter of price increases, according to a new Eurostat report put out Thursday. Bulgaria saw the fifth biggest increase

A survey has found that younger educators strive to improve their qualification and skills. The teachers' trade union affiliated with the Podkrepa Labour Confederation has conducted a survey about the type and regularity of teacher trainings among

The production Eyes of Arabia by the Varna Puppet Theatre will be presented on the last day of the Varna Summer International Theater Festival on Wednesday.

The Sofia Opera will launch its annual Wagner Festival on June 26 with Tannhauser, it emerged at a news conference here on Tuesday.

Bulgarian Patriarch and Metropolitan of Sofia Daniil led the festive liturgy for Pentecost at the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. Alexander Nevsky in Sofia.

A bridge over the Danube between Silistra and Calarasi would help European security forces to have a faster and better response on a larger scale in case of crises, Bulgarian Ambassador to Romania Radko Vlaykov said. He took part in a conference on

Bulgarian Ambassador to Romania Radko Vlaykov and Tulcea Mayor Stefan Ilie signed an agreement in Bucharest for the construction of a bust monument to revolutionary Stefan Karadzha.

Bulgarian MEP Andrey Kovatchev (EPP/GERB) commented on a statement by North Macedonia’s Prime Minister, Hristijan Mickoski, about "the truth of Macedonian identity" being included in the European Parliament’s draft report on the country's

The eighth edition of the International Summer Leadership Academy officially opened in Kavala, Greece, under the theme “Leadership Through Education,” announced the Higher School of Telecommunications and Posts (HSTP). Taking place until June 13,