Poultry breeders staged a protest in front of the building of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) in Sofia over the vague measures taken by the agency’s administration to counter bird flu.
According to BFSA data, at this time there are 22 outbreaks of bird flu in Bulgaria. The agency’s director Damyan Iliev admitted that almost one million birds have been culled in Bulgaria since the beginning of the year because of avian flu, but that the disease has continued to spread nonetheless. He added that farmers from the poultry sector have received compensations of over 4 million Leva.
The National Assembly has temporarily banned the export and intra-EU delivery of petroleum products, mainly diesel and aviation fuel. The decision was approved with 135 votes in favour, 4 against, and 42 abstentions, following a proposal submitted by..
Passenger rail transport in the EU grew by 5.8% in 2024, according to data published today by Eurostat. Last year, trains carried a total of 443 billion passenger-kilometres, the highest level recorded since the start of Eurostat’s observations in 2004...
An inspection has uncovered numerous violations following the recent flood in the Elenite resort complex. No records of environmental approval for the construction in Elenite were found in the archives of the Ministry of Environment and Water, Minister..
The Russian oil company Lukoil has announced that it has accepted an offer from the Swiss Gunvor Group to acquire the international assets of LUKOIL..
The National Assembly has rejected President Rumen Radev's veto on changes to the State Intelligence Agency Act (SIA) and the State Agency Technical..
Bulgaria has a higher share of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields than the European Union average, according to a..
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