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The head of the Regional Directorate of the Interior in the southern town of Haskovo, Ivan Rasokov, has come down under pressure over the handling of a missing girl case that ended with her death. Interior Minister Daniel Mitov said that he had

A protest for clean air, safe roads and responsible institutions was held in Ruse.Held under the motto "Let's protect our children", it started in front of the building of the Regional Environmental and Water Inspectorate, then continued with a

Hundreds of volunteers took part in the initiative of the Svilengrad Municipality to restore a burned pine forest near the village of Studena in the Sakar Mountain, the municipality's press centre said on Friday.

The participation of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) in the EU's key funding programme for research and innovation, Horizon Europe, was discussed at a meeting at the Academy between the President of BAS and the European Commissioner for Startups.

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

Bulgaria is represented with a national stand at the 32nd edition of the Arabian Travel Market 2025, which is organized between April 28 and May 1 in Dubai, said the Consulate General of Bulgaria in Dubai on Facebook. "During the forum Bulgaria will

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

The upcoming installment of the show, featuring 139 artists, opens at the UBA gallery at 6 Shipka Street in Sofia on May 2. Both UBA members and non-members are contributing to the exhibition.

An exhibition by Denitsa Mihaylova will mark the opening of a new art space in Sofia. The exhibition, titled "Water - Air - Earth", will be arranged by curator Rumena Kalchev at Gallery 65 on Vasil Levski Blvd. and will open on May 8, the organizers said.

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

The Council of Ministers Wednesday approved a draft Memorandum of Understanding between the governments of Bulgaria and Turkiye on cooperation in the fields of electricity and energy efficiency, the Government Information Service said.

Sofia University Rector Prof. Georgi Valchev stated that "the presence of the Bulgarian revolutionary, writer and journalist Lyuben Karavelov in the Serbian capital was not peaceful, but contributed to his gaining invaluable experience, so that he became a central figure of Bulgarian emigration."

The St Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia has launched a project focused on the cultural ties between Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia, the university said in a press release on Tuesday. The project, titled "CULTURAL AREA - CULTURAL heritage community and AttRactive all-sEAson tourism" is part of the Integrated Development of the Cross-Border Region territorial strategy under the INTERREG VI-A IPA Bulgaria – North Macedonia 2021–2027 programme.