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The European People's Party (EPP) Group MEPs congratulated Bulgaria on the European Commission and the European Central Bank’s positive assessment of the readiness of the country to become the 21st member of the eurozone as of January 1, 2026.

Kostadin Kostadinov, leader of Vazrazhdane, said in Parliament Wednesday that his party is working towards early elections and aims to become the leading political force in order to prevent the introduction of the euro in Bulgaria.

Radostin Vassilev, leader of the Morality, Unity, Honor (MECh) party told the media on Wednesday that “political instability will emerge from here on, despite the fact that for the ruling majority and the parties supporting them, joining the eurozone is a great success”. “I think, however, that it will generate other political processes,” he argued.

At its regular meeting on Wednesday, the Cabinet decided to propose to President Rumen Radev to issue a decree appointing the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Bulgaria to the Republic of South Africa, Maria Pavlova Tzotzorkova

Transaction security remains a top priority for online shoppers and 88% of them in Bulgaria are willing to switch to a new payment method if it is more reliable. That's according to the Visa Online Payments in Central and Eastern Europe 2025 survey,

More than 4,000 ha of agricultural land in the Yambol region were affected by hailstorms that struck the area less than two weeks ago, the Regional Directorate of Agriculture told BTA on Tuesday. A total of 53 applications for financial aid have

Professor Hiro Takahashi from Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan, has shown interest in cooperation with the University of Food Technology (UFT) in Plovdiv. He held a working meeting with the UFT Rector, Prof. Galin Ivanov, and Deputy Rector, Assoc. Prof. Kiril Mihalev, the university said.

Burgas Airport will operate direct summer flights to nine destinations in Poland – Warsaw, Gdansk, Katowice, Krakow, Lodz, Lublin, Poznan, Rzeszow and Wroclaw, the Burgas Airport press service said on Tuesday.

The personal archive of writer Hristo Karastoyanov, donated to the Yambol Regional State Archive by his wife Sofiya, is one of the two recipients of the 2024 Donor Award of the Archives State Agency, Yambol Archive Director Svetlana Bachvarova said on Wednesday.

Burgas Free University (BFU) continues to pursue its policy of internationalization by attracting an increasing number of foreign students and PhD candidates, BFU Rector Prof. Milen Baltov told BTA on Tuesday. In his words, over 10% of all students

It is difficult to balance different sources of inspiration, American fantasy writer Julie Kagawa, who arrived in Bulgaria for the Spring Book Fair, told BTA. The author, known to Bulgarian readers for her series "The Iron Fairies", "Blood from

Foxes, vampires and fairies gathered at a fantasy ball to meet bestselling American YA fantasy writer Julie Kagawa. The event took place at the Shtrack Hall in Sofia, on May 30th.

The Council of Ministers approved a major departure from the draft Bulgarian-Romanian intergovernmental Protocol amending the May 19, 2009 bilateral Agreement on cross-border police cooperation in criminal matters.

Kazanlak Municipality is working on 26 projects worth BGN 2.1 million under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), Regional Information Centre Manager Radka Tileva said during a local conference held here on Wednesday. The event was part

Kazanlak Municipality makes the main contribution to Stara Zagora Region being among the largest economic centres in the country, Stara Zagora Deputy Regional Governor Petko Karagitliev said during a local conference held here on Wednesday. The event was part of BTA’s Europe on Balkans: Cohesion Skills project.

Postponement of the vote on the progress report of the Republic of North Macedonia (RNM) to the EU will serve as a re-examination of those who thought they could bypass Bulgaria, commented There Is Such a People (TISP) MP Stanislav Balabanov.