1+ hour, 10+ min ago   (342+ words) Bulgaria stands in solidarity with Germany following the hybrid attack in Leipzig, the Foreign Ministry said on X on September 2. “Hybrid attacks against our partners and allies are unacceptable. Bulgaria will continue to support strong and coordinated efforts to counter…...

19+ hour, 54+ min ago   (585+ words) The month of August 2026 in Bulgaria was among the warmest and driest August months since 1930, the national meteorological bureau said in a regular report on September 1. The average monthly air temperature for the country was about 1.5 degrees Celsius higher than…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (551+ words) Former caretaker Prime Minister Andrei Gyurov confirmed on September 1 his candidacy in Bulgaria’s autumn 2026 presidential elections, with former acting secretary general of the Interior Ministry Georgi Kandev as his running mate. The Gyurov – Kandev ticket will be nominated by an…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (273+ words) The first two of a total of 35 new Alstom trains will enter regular operation in early September, Bulgaria’s Transport Minister Georgi Peev said on August 25. Currently, 12 trains have been delivered to Bulgaria, and the remaining 23 will be ready for delivery…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (216+ words) Bulgaria’s Parliament approved at a special sitting on August 25 amendments to the Public Servants Act, which introduce integrity tests for posts deemed to be at high risk of corruption and which allow public servants to work from home up to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (205+ words) The continuing decline in the Danube River waster levels prompted the Kozloduy nuclear power plant in Bulgaria to say that it would reduce capacity at one of its two units starting August 20. The plant said that it would cut 120 MW…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (131+ words) The Sofia Globe Meeting on August 19, the Bulgarian government adopted a decree approving additional spending of up to 170 million euro under the budget of the State Fund for Agriculture for 2026 to provide support to farmers due to increased prices of…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (498+ words) Bulgarian Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev said on August 19 that his ministry is preparing a completely new law to counter antisocial behaviour of minors and juveniles, but he ruled out restricting access to social networks as difficult to implement. The ambition…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (214+ words) Career diplomat Zlatin Krastev presented his credentials to Ukrainian President Volomdymyr Zelenskyy on August 18, meaning that after a four-year hiatus, Bulgaria again has an ambassador in Kyiv. The Ukrainian President’s office said in a statement that in his conversation with…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (388+ words) A total of 18 people belonging to the international neo-Nazi organisation “Blood and Honour” have been arrested at an overnight raid on a private club in Bulgaria’s Plovdiv, the head of the city’s regional directorate of the Interior Ministry Vassil Kostadinov…...