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Parliament adopted on Wednesday at first reading two bills amending the Higher Education Act. A bill amending the Higher Education Act, sponsored by Andrey Chorbanov from There Is Such a People and a group of MPs, introduces a simplified procedure

“We have just signed the proposal for [National Assembly Chair Nataliya] Kiselova's resignation. There are already 33 signatures from Vazrazhdane MPs.” Another 47 are needed for it to be submitted in Parliament, the party press centre announced.

A total of 63.3% of respondents in a telephone poll conducted by the Myara polling agency support holding a referendum on the adoption of the euro in Bulgaria, while 35.3% are against it.

Parliament has filled positions in the Communications Regulation Commission (CRC) from the National Assembly's quota by electing a Deputy Chair and two members. The majority approved GERB-UDF's nominee Kristina Andonova-Hitrova as Deputy Chair. She received 112 votes in favor, 54 against, and 44 abstentions.

Unemployment kept falling in April, as 19,725 jobseekers found work through job centres, the Employment Agency said in a press release on Wednesday.

The Council of Ministers restarted the Investment Programme for Municipal Projects with a decree on Wednesday, Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Ivan Ivanov reported at a press briefing after Wednesday's Cabinet meeting.

Between May 16 and 18, Sofia will welcome representatives of Australian Business in Europe (ABIE), a network of Australia-related business organizations that are active in more than 19 European countries, the Bulgarian-Australian Business Council (BABC) said in a press release on Wednesday. Bulgaria will host the ABIE leadership’s annual meeting for the second time.

Agriculture and Food Minister Georgi Tahov attended a discussion on cooperation in the agricultural sector in the National Palace of Culture in Sofia, the Ministry's press centre said on Tuesday. "Some EUR 500 million under the Strategic Plan for Agriculture and Rural Development 2023-2027 will be earmarked for cooperation," Tahov said.

Eleven collages and two drawings are part of an exhibition, "Instructions for Daily Life". by American artist Raimundo Figueroa. It will open at One Gallery within the framework of the Night of Museums on May 17, organizers said. Figueroa builds his

The second edition of the Leterapopoli World Literature Festival opened in Plovdiv on Tuesday, the Culture Department of the Plovdiv Municipality said.

On Wednesday, National Assembly Chair Nataliya Kiselova and Nikolay Denkov will open a photo-documentary exhibition at the National Assembly, titled "The Worldwide Echo of the April Uprising". The event, will be attended by the great-grandson of William Gladstone - Francis Gladstone, at the invitation of Denkov, said the Continue the Change part press centre on Tuesday.

Soprano Gabriela Georgieva, a Sofia Opera soloist, was named Musician of the Year for 2024 in the 34th national poll conducted by the Allegro Vivace classical music programme of the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR).

The medieval rock monastery near Krepcha, Targovishte Region, draws visitors with its earliest known Cyrillic inscriptions. Addressing a local conference in Targovishte held as part of the EU-backed BTA project titled Europe on Balkans - Cohesion

The project on implementing the renewed priorities of the European Adult Learning Agenda is a good example of how European policies can be successfully implemented at the local level, with real benefits for residents, Todorka Taneva, Chief Secretary of the Targovishte Regional Administration, said during a local conference held here on Wednesday. The event was part of BTA’s Europe on Balkans: Cohesion Skills project.

Three schools and a kindergarten in Targovishte will be completely renovated with a total of BGN 13 million under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, Petya Stoyanova, expert at Targovishte Municipality, said during a local conference held here on Wednesday. The event was part of BTA’s Europe on Balkans: Cohesion Skills project.

The grant under the Operational Programme Science and Education for Smart Growth in the Targovishte Region for the programming period 2014-2020 amounts to nearly BGN 800,000, Regional Information Centre Manager Peyo Berov said during a local conference held here on Wednesday. The event was part of BTA’s Europe on Balkans: Cohesion Skills project.