2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (294+ words) The US-Turkey alliance “has never been stronger,” US Ambassador to Turkey and Special Presidential Envoy for Syria and Iraq Tom Barrack said after meeting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara. Erdoğan received Barrack and US Congressman Darrell Issa at…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (249+ words) The City of Oslo has banned the use of smart glasses in schools, saying it does not want children to become “extras in Meta’s data collection”. The ban applies throughout the school day and at all levels of education, the…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1176+ words) The latest surge in oil prices is putting European economies under pressure, but the burden is not distributed equally among member states. Bulgaria is not among the countries importing the largest volumes of oil, yet it is one of those…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (666+ words) Prolonged political instability, deep social divisions, weak oversight and limited resilience to disinformation make Bulgaria particularly vulnerable to foreign interference, according to a report by the US Congressional Research Service on Russia's hybrid warfare in Europe, cited by BGNES. It…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (291+ words) Measures announced by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the Thessaloniki International Fair appear aimed at winning back around one million voters who have abandoned the ruling New Democracy party since the 2023 parliamentary elections. The findings come from internal government…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (338+ words) Artificial intelligence researcher Jacob Coxon has left Anthropic and the technology industry, accusing the company and rival OpenAI of recklessly racing to develop self-improving superintelligence, AFP reported. Coxon, 27, spent three years pretraining AI models—first at OpenAI and, from this…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (253+ words) According to reports in the Ukrainian press, there has once again been no progress in Ukraine’s EU accession process after Hungarian diplomats on September 8 refused to support the opening of new negotiating clusters. Cluster 2 covers rules related to the EU…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1283+ words) Snap parliamentary elections in Serbia will be held on October 25, BGNES reported. The announcement came after Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic dissolved parliament. Regular parliamentary elections were due to be held in December 2027. “Elections in Serbia will be held on October…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (833+ words) Bulgarian Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova made the announcement following her meeting with Moldova’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mihai Popșoi, BGNES reported. According to Petrova, the new status places Taraclia at a higher administrative level. “With this decision, Taraclia…...

4+ day, 57+ min ago   (226+ words) The Bucharest Court of Appeal has ordered the 30-day pre-trial detention of a Russian citizen accused of preparing hybrid sabotage operations against military sites in Romania. The man was detained by the Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT),…...