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May 6 honours Saint George the Victorious, patron of Bulgaria’s Armed Forces and one of Christendom’s most revered warrior saints.

National Assembly Chair Nataliya Kiselova and members of parliament are set to take part in the celebrations marking the Day of Valour and the Army National Day, the Parliament press service said here on Tuesday.

National Assembly Chair Nataliya Kiselova was a guest at a ceremony in the historical town of Peshtera on the eve of its holiday, St George’s Day (May 6), which is also celebrated nationwide as Bulgarian Armed Forces Day. Kiselova told the local

Two patients received kidney transplants at Sofia's Alexandrovska University Hospital thanks to the organ donation of a 64-year-old woman, Bulgaria’s Executive Agency Medical Supervision announced Monday.

The number of social enterprises in Varna has tripled over the past year, reaching 30 registered businesses, with one more currently in the process of registration, according to the Regional Centre for Social Economy Development in Northeastern Bulgaria. In comparison, Sofia also has 31 social enterprises, while Plovdiv and Burgas each have 20.

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 exhibition “The Beauty of the Orthodox Spirit: Rare Old-Printed Books and Engravings from the Library of the Rila Monastery (16th–19th Century)” will officially open on May 8 in the main foyer of the Sts. Cyril and Methodius National Library. The exhibition is organized by the Rila Monastery and the University of Library Studies and Information Technologies, according to the website of the Bulgarian Patriarchate.

Opera diva Sonya Yoncheva has launched a video series exploring the connection between arts and the development of children and society.

The Historical Museum in Svishtov presents the exhibition “Legio I Italica on the border of the Empire” in the Polish city of Poznan on May 9, Svishtov Municipality announced

The monument to the Intercosmos Bulgaria 1300 satellite in Stara Zagora will be proposed for inclusion in Bulgaria's 100 national tourist sites, said Assoc. Prof. Alexey Stoev, Director of the Yuri Gagarin Astronomical Observatory with Planetarium, in an interview with BTA on Monday.

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