The most preferred names for newborn babies in Bulgaria in 2021 were Alexander and Victoria, data of the National Statistical Institute shows.
Among the newborn boys, along with the traditional names Georgi, Dimitar, Ivan and Kaloyan, names such as Martin, Daniel and Victor, which are not typical for the Bulgarian tradition, predominate. Increasingly, the names of Bulgarian rulers are given such as Boris, Simeon, Samuil and others.
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..
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 Stocks State Agency, told bTV. The country has a gasoline reserve for 35 days and a diesel reserve..
Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev has issued a decree appointing Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Maria Angelieva as Bulgaria’s Ambassador to Hungary. The decree was promulgated in State Gazette on Tuesday, reported BTA. Maria Angelieva graduated..
On Wednesday, minimum temperatures will range from 4 to 9°C across the country, reaching around 2°C in Sofia. The wind will ease and fog will settle in..
Bulgaria consistently opposes proposals to remove the requirement for unanimity in decision-making within the framework of the EU’s Common Foreign and..
President Rumen Radev has vetoed the legislative amendments related to the appointment of a special commercial administrator in the..
Mostly Cloudy
Partly Cloudy
Fog