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Protests in support of preserving the Bulgarian lev were held across Bulgaria on Sunday, blocking major roads and intersections in a few places.

Monday will start sunny, then turn cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly over the mountains and in Northern Bulgaria.

Chair of the Committee on Culture and Media and There Is Such a People Floor Leader Toshko Yordanov said on Sunday that both Bulgarian National Television (BNT) and Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) still receive sizeable subsidies and must make more disciplined spending choices.

Education and Science Minister Krasimir Valchev said on Sunday that taxi companies and volunteers stand ready to take Sofia’s school graduates to their matriculation exams if the city’s public-transport strike lasts through the exam days, 21 and 23 May.

Minister of Agriculture and Food Georgi Tahov will visit China from May 19 to 23, where he is scheduled to meet with Han Jun, China’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tahov's Ministry reported here on Sunday.

The national tourism portal of Bulgaria now operates under the name and domain VisitBulgaria.com, the Ministry of Tourism said on Sunday.

More than 50,000 people have visited the Bulgarian Pavilion at World EXPO 2025 in Osaka, just over a month since its official opening on April 13. The statistics were shared with BTA by the Executive Agency for the Promotion of Small and Medium

The summer season in the coastal city of Varna was officially launched this evening with a vibrant concert performance featuring world-renowned kaval player Theodosii Spassov. The celebration, organized by Varna Municipality, took place under the motto “Varna – Where Time Flows Differently.”

The symbol of Bulgaria to the world is the Kazanlak oil-bearing rose, said the 57th Rose Queen of Kazanlak, Maria Shamburova, and her runners-up Konstantina Kostadinova and Tanya Chipilska at the BTA National Press Club in Kazanlak. The three

The Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy in Varna and the Bulgarian research vessel Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii (RSV 421) are among Bulgaria’s recognizable brands abroad, said the head of the Academy, Rear Admiral Prof. Kalin Kalinov, during the presentation of the April issue of BTA's LIK magazine, dedicated to Bulgaria's participation in world expos, organized by the BTA National Press Club onboard RSV 421, alongside Lieutenant Commander Hristo Hristov.

Ivan Stoyanov believes that along with Bulgaria’s natural beauty, history, and its many remarkable individuals—past and present—culture is a leading element in shaping the image of the country to the world.

Desislava Petkova, Master's student in the programme Society and Culture of Japan, and Violeta Damari, Bachelor's student in the Department of Japanese Studies at Sofia University, spoke about the strong interest in the Bulgarian pavilion at EXPO 2025 in Osaka. They have been working for the past month in the Bulgarian pavilion at the World Expo in the Japanese city. Petkova and Damari were guests at the launch of the April issue themed “Bulgaria at the World Expos” at BTA's MaxiM Hall on Sunday.

The acting director of the Republican Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments in Serbia, Goran Vasic, has been arrested. Vasic had proposed to the Serbian government that the status of cultural monument of the two buildings of the General Staff of the former Yugoslav Army, partially destroyed during NATO bombings in 1999, be removed, Serbian media report.

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.