Albanian President Ilir Meta, who is on a two-day visit to Bulgaria at the invitation of Bulgarian Head of State Rumen Radev, has been welcomed with an official ceremony in front of the „St. Alexander Nevsky" cathedral in Sofia.
The two presidents laid a wreath at the Monument to the Unknown Soldier. Later, they will have a discussion, followed by plenary talks between the Bulgarian and Albanian delegations. Bilateral relations, regional partnership in Southeast Europe, and the European integration of the Western Balkans are expected to be topics of discussion.
National Assembly chairman Nikola Minchev will also meet Ilir Meta.
The Bulgarian Ministry of Defense is requesting a postponement of one of the large payments under the contract for the second F-16 to 2028. Defense Minister Atanas Zapryanov said that this is necessary because Bulgaria will encounter difficulties in..
Great Britain has issued a special license on Friday that allows businesses to continue to work with two Bulgarian subsidiaries of sanctioned Russian oil company Lukoil, Reuters and BNR Horizont reported. The general license allows companies and banks to..
The leader of "We Continue the Change", Asen Vassilev, described the selection of Rumen Spetsov as a special manager at Lukoil as a "bad joke". "Rumen Spetsov was appointed to collect taxes, not to manage a refinery. There is a..
The average gross monthly salary in Bulgaria for July 2025 was BGN 2,570 (EUR 1,314.02), for August BGN 2,497 (EUR 1,276.7), and for September BGN 2,580..
Today, Sofia will host the fifth edition of the Global Women Leaders Forum. The event is organized by the Council of Women in Business in Bulgaria...
In an unprecedented move, the Bulgarian government approved the 2026 state budget draft at its meeting toda y without the agreement of employers’..
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