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Variable cloud cover, increasing before noon, with brief periods of locally heavy rain showers and thunderstorms. Hail is possible in many areas across the country. Light south-southwest wind shifting to moderate west-northwest in the afternoon, bringing cooler air. Highs: 21C to 26C, around 21C in Sofia.

On Tuesday, President Rumen Radev welcomed guests as part of the Open Doors Day at the President’s Administration Building. The first visitors were pupils from the Sixth Primary School in Sofia. The head of State congratulated the children on May 6 – Day of Valour and the Bulgarian Armed Forces, told them about his work, and invited them to sit at his desk.

The survival and success of the country as a nation and a sovereign state depend on our ability to protect the foundations of national dignity, confidence, and patriotism, President Rumen Radev said during an address to students from school guard units in the Coat of Arms Hall at the presidential institution on the Day of Valour and Armed Forces Day.

In response to a reporter’s question about the hardware issue with Bulgaria’s first F-16 Block 70 fighter jet during the ceremony marking May 6 – Day of Valour and Bulgarian Armed Forces Day, Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov said that all military equipment undergoes testing, and any technical problems are military-technical in nature, not political.

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 Union of Bulgarian Artists presents unexhibited drawings and pastels by Bronka Giurova and Eliezer Alschech from their daughter Deyana Alschech’s personal collection in The Guardians exhibition, the Union of Bulgarian Artists announced.

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

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