• Magnitude 6.2 Earthquake Hits Turkiye, Felt in Southern Bulgaria
    Monday, October 27, 2025 from BTA Free News
    An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 was recorded at 9:48 p.m. local time in the area of Balikesir, Turkiye, according to data from the National Seismological Centre at the National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography of the...
  • Protection of Bulgarians Abroad Is Cornerstone of Bulgaria’s Foreign Policy
    Monday, October 27, 2025 from BTA Free News
    The protection of the rights and welfare of Bulgarian communities abroad is a fundamental pillar of Bulgaria’s foreign policy, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev said at a meeting with members of the Bulgarian community in Riyadh, Saudi...
  • Bulgarian Community in Saudi Arabia Comprises Highly Skilled Professionals - Ambassador
    Monday, October 27, 2025 from BTA Free News
    The Bulgarian community in Saudi Arabia is made up of highly qualified professionals, Bulgarian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Lyubomir Popov said on Monday during President Rumen Radev’s meeting with Bulgarians living in the Kingdom. The...
  • President Vucic: Croatia Will Not Buy Sanctioned Serbian Oil Company NIS
    Monday, October 27, 2025 from BTA Free News
    Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said, as reported by local media, that Croatia will not buy Serbia’s oil company NIS (Naftna industrija Srbije), which is under US sanctions and majority-owned by Russia’s Gazprom Neft. "Since I see...
  • BTA Launches EU Journalism Training Program for Emerging Reporters
    Monday, October 27, 2025 from BTA Free News
    Ten young journalists are participating in a training organized by the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency (BTA) in partnership with the European Parliament (EP), which began Monday in the MaxiM Hall at BTA. The program will run until October 29....
  • President Radev Confers with Saudi Crown Prince, Holds Meeting with Bulgarian Community in Riyadh
    Monday, October 27, 2025 from BTA Free News
    President Rumen Radev conferred with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh and renewed his invitation for the Crown Prince to carry out his postponed visit to Bulgaria, accompanied by business...
  • National Council for Tripartite Cooperation Discusses Amendments to Labour Code
    Monday, October 27, 2025 from BTA Free News
    At a meeting of the National Council for Tripartite Cooperation (NCTC) that took place here on Monday, the social partners discussed proposed amendments to the Labour Code. Minister of Labour and Social Policy Borislav Gutsanov warned...
  • Technical University of Sofia Celebrates 80th Anniversary
    Monday, October 27, 2025 from BTA Free News
    The Technical University of Sofia celebrated its 80th anniversary with a ceremony at the Ivan Vazov National Theatre on Monday.  Rector Professor Georgi Venkov said the university takes pride in its more than 170,000 alumni - engineers,...
  • OPEKEPE vice resigns after admitting his family was receiving subsidies
    Monday, October 27, 2025 from Keep Talking Greece
    The vice-president of the scandalous OPEKEPE organization, Ioannis Kaimakamis, resigned from his position it was announced at an official state document on Monday. His resignation was submitted some ten days ago and thus following his...
  • President Holds Meeting with Bulgarian Community in Riyadh
    Monday, October 27, 2025 from BTA Free News
    Bulgarian President Rumen Radev met with members of the Bulgarian community in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Monday. The head of State responded to their questions. He is visiting Saudi Arabia to attend the Future Investment Initiative...
  • Actors’ Union Condemns Violence amid Actor's Arrest, Criticizes Culture Ministry
    Monday, October 27, 2025 from BTA Free News
    The Union of Bulgarian Actors (UBA) put out a statement Monday that condemns all forms of violence. The statement was promoted by the arrest of an actor, Rosen Belov, among others, accused of drugging and holding captive a young man. The...
  • Bulgarian Culture Week Opens in Odesa
    Monday, October 27, 2025 from BTA Free News
    Bulgarian Culture Week began in Odesa on Tuesday. The opening event was an exhibition by Ivan and Zlata Shyshman, a father-daughter duo and contemporary Bulgarian artists in Ukraine. The exhibition marks the start of a rich week-long...
  • Authorities Step Up Efforts to Curb Early Childbirth and Child Marriages
    Monday, October 27, 2025 from BTA Free News
    A total of 33,159 children have been born to underage mothers in Bulgaria over the past decade, Labour and Social Policy Minister Borislav Gutsanov said at a roundtable on the prevention of early marriages and adolescent births in Sofia...
  • Bulgaria’s Tech Sector Matures, Eyes Role in National Defence
    Monday, October 27, 2025 from BTA Free News
    Bulgaria’s technology ecosystem has entered a new stage of maturity, marked by stronger vision, collaboration, and concrete solutions to national challenges, the Bulgarian Association of Software Companies (BASSCOM) announced following a...
  • Unions Blast Labour Ministry Over “Sham” Labour Code Revisions Concerning Collective Bargaining
    Monday, October 27, 2025 from BTA Free News
    Trade unions oppose Labour Ministry’s draft amendments to the Labour Code, aimed at promoting collective bargaining. The Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) will do everything possible, from alerting all...
  • Four migrants die in a shipwreck off Lesvos, dozens missing
    Monday, October 27, 2025 from Keep Talking Greece
    Authorities in Greece said on Monday that the bodies of four men have been recovered so far following another tragic migrant boat shipwreck off the shore of Lesvos, in the Agrilia area south of Mytilene airport in the southwest of the...
  • Bulgaria, Rheinmetall to Officially Launch Gunpowder Plant Project on Tuesday
    Monday, October 27, 2025 from BTA Free News
    The Bulgarian State and the German automotive and arms manufacturer Rheinmetall will announce the launch of their project to build a gunpowder and ammunition plant on Tuesday at an official ceremony, the Government press office said on...
  • Agriculture Minister: Farmers Need Incentives, Fair Conditions to Stay Competitive and Be Green
    Monday, October 27, 2025 from BTA Free News
    Minister of Agriculture and Food Georgi Tahov said that farmers need proper conditions and the right incentives to maintain competitive production with an adequate contribution to environmental protection. Tahov was speaking at a meeting...
  • Sixteen Bulgarians to Compete at Balkan Athletics Cross-Country Championships in Romania
    Monday, October 27, 2025 from BTA Free News
    Bulgaria will be represented by sixteen athletes across various age categories at the Balkan Athletics Cross-Country Championships, which will take place in Romania on November 8, the Bulgarian Athletics Federation said Monday after...
  • Greece's Finance Minister Says Joining Eurozone Requires Discipline, Reform, Credibility
    Monday, October 27, 2025 from BTA Free News
    In an interview for BTA, Greece's Minister of Economy and Finance Kyriakos Pierrakakis said that joining the eurozone is not just an economic decision but also a political and strategic commitment that requires fiscal convergence, a...
  • President Radev Meets Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, Renews Invitation to Visit Bulgaria
    Monday, October 27, 2025 from BTA Free News
    President Rumen Radev met with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh and renewed his invitation for the Crown Prince to carry out his postponed visit to Bulgaria, accompanied by business...
  • Traffic, transport modifications in downtown Athens due to Oct 28 parade
    Monday, October 27, 2025 from Keep Talking Greece
    Temporary modifications to public transport, with the closure of the “ Syntagma” metro station and changes to tram terminal stops in the city centre, will be in effect on Tuesday, by order of the Hellenic Police, due to the school...
  • Bulgaria Risks EUR 2 Mln Fine if Labour Code Changes Are Not Passed by End of 2025, Minister Warns
    Monday, October 27, 2025 from BTA Free News
    If Bulgaria does not adopt the proposed amendments to the Labour Code by the end of the year, it will face an infringement procedure, said Labour Minister Borislav Gutsanov at the meeting of the National Council for Tripartite...
  • Feeling like a dog chasing his own tail in a country and a society out of control
    Monday, October 27, 2025 from Keep Talking Greece
    From time to time a break from the news and the posting is highly necessary to avoid what I call “my mental collapse” and escape the suffocating and frustrating feeling I get that I’m a dog trapped in a cage, chasing...
  • Athens Metro: Fewer routes, more passengers, increasing delays
    Tuesday, October 21, 2025 from Keep Talking Greece
    Incidents of delays caused in the routes of Athens Metro are becoming more and more frequent, with the most frequent focus on line 3. On Monday morning, delays were noted on the line in combination with overcrowding at Syntagma station...
  • Bulgarian Air Force hosting international exercise Thracian Star 2025
    Friday, July 11, 2025 from The Sofia Globe
    The Bulgarian Air Force is hosting the international exercise Thracian Star 2025, which continues until July 25 2025, according to
  • Sofia’s Nevsky cathedral to be backdrop for opera productions in July 2025
    Friday, July 11, 2025 from The Sofia Globe
    During July and August 2025, the square in front of the Saint Alexander Nevsky Cathedral will again transform into a
  • Bulgaria’s Parliament rejects fourth motion of no confidence in Zhelyazkov government
    Friday, July 11, 2025 from The Sofia Globe
    Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on July 11 to reject the fourth motion of no confidence in the Rossen Zhelyazkov government
  • Bulgaria, UK partner in awareness campaign on risks of transporting irregular migrants in lorries
    Thursday, July 10, 2025 from The Sofia Globe
    More than 100 billboards in Bulgarian, English and Turkish about the risks of hiding illegal migrants in lorries will be
  • Dispute leaves Sofia’s Vrana Park indefinitely closed to visitors
    Thursday, July 10, 2025 from The Sofia Globe
    Sofia municipality has withdrawn from the maintenance of Vrana Park in the Bulgarian capital city as of July 10 and
  • EU announces new 2.3B euro agreements package at Ukraine Recovery Conference 2025
    Thursday, July 10, 2025 from The Sofia Globe
    European Commission (EC) President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled on July 10 a new 2.3 billion euro package of agreements with
  • European Parliament rejects motion of censure in VDL Commission
    Thursday, July 10, 2025 from The Sofia Globe
    The European Parliament, in a vote on July 10, rejected a motion of censure against the Ursula von der Leyen
  • Bulgaria’s exports in January – May 2025 down 4.7%, imports up 3.2% y/y
    Thursday, July 10, 2025 from The Sofia Globe
    In January – May 2025, the total value of all the goods exported from Bulgaria amounted to 33 015.9 million
  • Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry advises of Italian air transport strike on July 10
    Wednesday, July 9, 2025 from The Sofia Globe
    A national air transport strike will be held in Italy for a duration of 24 hours on July 10, Bulgaria’s
  • What is a full-service operating lease and why is business interested in it? Answers from Ayvens
    Wednesday, July 9, 2025 from The Sofia Globe
    If you run a business or are responsible for a corporate budget, you know well that a company fleet is
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