Bulgaria’s Deputy Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva participated at the informal meeting of the EU Foreign Ministers (Gymnich) in Helsinki on August 29 and 30. The ministers discussed the challenges of hybrid threats and assessed highly the work of the European Center of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats in Helsinki. A discussion between the EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs and the Foreign Ministers of the Western Balkan countries was held. The ministers voiced expectations that Bulgaria’s and North Macedonia’s forthcoming joint Presidency of the Berlin Process will give a new impetus to regional cooperation.
The ruling GERB party claimed that employers are in favour of a higher VAT rate, but employer organisations denied this, insisting that no such proposal had ever been made. This clarification followed a meeting between GERB leader Boyko Borissov..
Ninety participants representing 57 Bulgarian folklore ensembles from across Europe and North America gathered in Sofia for their fourth Creative Meeting and Seminar. The event was highly constructive, featuring useful workshops and guest lecturers...
The European Commission has disbursed €438.6 million to Bulgaria as part of the second payment under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). On 3 October 2025, the Commission partially approved the payment, stating that Bulgaria "still needs to..
The Sofia City Court has postponed the extradition case of Igor Grechushkin, the owner of a cargo ship linked to the explosion at the port of Beirut in..
The Road Infrastructure Agency (RIA) has proposed the introduction of temporary restrictions on the movement of heavy trucks weighing over 12 tons along..
Bulgaria has sufficient quantities of fuel and the 90-day reserves are secured at around 98%, Asen Asenov, Chairman of the State Reserve and Wartime..
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