The Gala in Sofia 2025 festival is scheduled for August 28 and 29, at St Alexander Nevsky Square in Sofia. The festival’s two nights of performances are organized by SY11 Events, founded by opera singer Sonya Yoncheva to produce her own...
The world: - US Independence Day (1776). On this date in Bulgarian history: 1892: Bulgaria's first hydroelectric power plant, Boyana, goes under construction. 1913: Vassil Radoslavov forms Liberal Party government (in office until...
Bulgaria and Romania are preparing a memorandum of cooperation for the restoration of the Saracoglu Inn, Deputy Culture Minister Ashot Kazaryan said in an interview with BTA on Thursday. The financial framework is yet to be agreed,...
The National Library and Plovdiv Library are both equally distinguished in terms of heritage, but their outdated concept needs modernization, Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria MP Manol Peykov said during a discussion in the...
A Bulgaria-Vietnam business forum for economic cooperation was held at the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) in Sofia on Thursday. The event was organized by the BCCI and the Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam...
The Heat Dome that hits the South of Europe is forecast to reach also Greece with heatwave conditions expected as of Sunday, July 6, 2025. According to preliminary information, the heatwave will be of a relative short duration with...
In a historic first, Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman, paid an official visit to Bulgaria from July 2 to 4, 2025, at the invitation of Bulgarian Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev. The...
Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi of the Sultanate of Oman said on Thursday that his country’s efforts to assist Bulgarian citizens were rooted in friendship and duty, during talks in Sofia with Foreign Minister Georg...
The Council of Ministers Thursday hosted a meeting of the coordination unit responsible for implementing a mechanism for joint work of institutions on the coverage, inclusion and prevention of dropping out of the educational system of...
Bulgaria’s top tennis player Grigor Dimitrov has advanced to the third round of the men’s singles tournament at Wimbledon. The 34-year-old, seeded 19th in the main draw, battled past France’s Corentin Moutet in a hard-fought match,...
Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev told reporters here on Thursday that there is political will to further deepen diplomatic and political contacts between Bulgaria and the Sultanate of Oman. The press conference took place after a meeting...
The Foreign Minister of Oman, Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, will receive the Badge of Honour of the President of Bulgaria on Friday, July 4, for his decisive role in the release of Bulgarian sailors from the Galaxy Leader ship in...
Deputy Minister of Economy and Industry Nevena Lazarova had a meeting on Thursday with representatives of the Bulgarian Association of the Metallurgical Industry (BAMI) and representatives of the defence sector. The main topic was the...
Bulgaria’s Education and Science Minister Krasimir Valchev Thursday stressed the crucial importance of focusing on preschool children, especially those from vulnerable groups, before the new school year begins. Looking at educational...
Four men gang-raped 14-year-old girl in Piraeus, the port city south of Athens. They lured their victim her through a social media app. The child was taken to the hospital in critical condition 2 of the 4 men accused of raping the minor...
A wildfire that broke out in Rafiina-Pikermi eastern Attica on Thursday afternoon has forced closure of major roads in the area, flight disruptions and evacuations of residents and visitors. Several houses have burned down, the...
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Bulgarian Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Energy and Minerals of the Sultanate of Oman was signed on Thursday, the Bulgarian Energy Ministry’s said in a press release on Thursday....
By 2030, Europe should be able to defend itself on its own, Danish Ambassador to Bulgaria Flemming Stender said on Thursday, presenting the priorities of the Danish Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the second half of...
North Macedonia's Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski said that the Macedonian identity and the Macedonian language were erased from Europe's report in a "Taliban manner". The PM made this comment at a news conference here on Thursday,...
Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev took part in an event organized by PanEuropa Bulgaria and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, in partnership with the Embassy of the Kingdom of Denmark and the Diplomatic Institute to the Minister of Foreign...
New business opportunities between Bulgaria and Vietnam were presented at the Bulgarian-Vietnamese Economic Cooperation Forum held at the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry here on Thursday. The event, organized on the occasion...
Over the years, Interior Ministry staff have been repeatedly dismissed unlawfully, regardless of reports and evidence, simply to satisfy someone’s thirst for retribution in over 90% of cases, Interior Minister Daniel Mitov argued during...
Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov Thursday announced the resumption of meetings of the coordination unit responsible for implementing the mechanism for the joint work of institutions on the coverage, inclusion and prevention of dropping...
Roughly 5,000 mostly foreign tourists in the municipality of Ierapetra have been moved due to the fire raging in the area since Wednesday afternoon, following the issue of a warning to evacuate, the president of the Southeastern Crete...
“Referendum call in 2015 left me speechless” said the woman who marked the era of Greece’s debt crisis, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaking at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens on...