Bulgaria has produced 4,627,000 tons of wheat this year, according to the final data of the Ministry of Agriculture. The average yield per decare is 393 kg, which is over 100 kg less than in 2019. The harvested area is 1,176,000 hectares. Highest yields - over 500 kg per decare. are reported in the districts of Montana, Vidin, Veliko Tarnovo, Pleven and Lovech.
This year the drought caused serious damage to the region of Dobrudzha and there the yields are among the lowest in the country. So far, 350 protocols have been issued for 100% failed areas totaling over 100,000 decares, and over 950,000 decares are the areas in which the harvest was also partially affected.
After restoration, a 19th-century printing press from the printing house of Hristo G. Danov - the founder of Bulgarian book publishing - is back in action in Old Plovdiv. According to BNT, visitors to Danov’s house-museum at 2 Mitropolit Paisiy Street..
A commemorative postage stamp marking May 24 — the Day of Saints Cyril and Methodius, the Bulgarian alphabet, education and culture, and Slavic literacy — as well as the 20th World Meeting of Bulgarian Media, was officially validated today. The..
The majority of Bulgarians (83%) consider reading books to be important. However, according to a survey conducted by the sociological agency Trend on behalf of 24 Hours between 12 and 18 May 2025, four out of ten people (43%) admit that they have not..
May 24 united Bulgarians around the world, who marked the Day of the Holy Brothers Cyril and Methodius, the Bulgarian alphabet, education, culture, and..
The 20th World Meeting of Bulgarian Media, organised by the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency, has opened in Sofia. The event, which is being held..
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev opened the first Bulgarian higher education institution outside Bulgaria in Taraclia, Moldova, the Ministry of..
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