A votive offering aimed at reducing the number of road traffic victims was held on the main road connecting the cities of Smolyan and Plovdiv (South Bulgaria). Bishop Arseny of Znelpol served a blessing ceremony and the Abbot of Bachkovo Monastery donated 1,000 icons to Bulgarian passengers, the Bulgarian National Television informs. The mayor of the village of Hitrino, which was recently hit by a train blast, also attended the ceremony. Bulgaria tops the EU rankings in terms of road traffic victims. Speeding and failure to give way are the most common reasons for road accidents in Bulgaria.
The National Assembly has introduced a new requirement for state-owned enterprises to implement corruption risk management systems, which will also include appointing an integrity officer. The measure is recommended by the Organisation for Economic..
GERB leader Boyko Borissov said that he did not like budget 2026 and it would be frozen. Speaking to the media in parliament, Borissov said that the Joint Governance Council of the formations in the government, the Prime Minister..
North Macedonian Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski accused attacked Macedonian Bulgarian journalist Vladimir Perev of staging the attack and self-harm, BGNES has reported. On November 21, in a shop in the center of Skopje, Perev..
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