On January 10, Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev convenes the National Security Advisory Council. The meeting will be themed "Integration of the Western Balkans into the EU. The role of the Republic of Bulgaria in the enlargement of the EU and in the process of stabilization and association: the Republic of North Macedonia and Albania.”
"We need to speed up the process of European integration of the Republic of North Macedonia, meanwhile respecting the national interest. It is important to understand that the rights of Macedonian Bulgarians, the creation of conditions for their full inclusion in the public, political and cultural life of North Macedonia is of great importance for Bulgaria as well", President Radev said on the occasion of the forthcoming National Security Advisory Council.
In the 2024/2025 academic year, 2,104 students from Ukraine were studying at Bulgarian universities , according to the Ministry of Education. Of these, 1,750 were pursuing bachelor’s degrees, 304 were in master’s programmes, and 50 were enrolled in..
European Commissioner for Energy Dan Jørgensen will visit Bulgaria on 28 October, just days after US President Donald Trump imposed sanctions on Russian oil giants Lukoil and Rosneft over Russia’s ongoing aggression in Ukraine, BNR correspondent..
Fuel supplies for the domestic market are fully secured until the end of the year , Energy Minister Zhecho Stankov said, following the United States’ sanctions on Russian oil giants Lukoil and Rosneft. He added that the market would be closely monitored to..
By mid-2026, Bulgaria should be removed from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) “grey list” of countries with deficiencies in its anti-money..
Frol and Frosia are the newest residents of the Bear Sanctuary Belitsa, according to the Four Paws Foundation, which runs the bear sanctuary in..
Plovdiv Airport welcomed the first flight from Milan (Malpensa) with an official ceremony on October 26. The aircraft carried 87 passengers on the newly..
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