“The people making the decision to send military aid to Ukraine should, first, think of the security of the Bulgarian citizens,” President Rumen Radev said in Plovdiv.
According to Radev, the current militaristic sentiments do not take account of the fact that “we share a real common border of war, we have a huge historical diaspora” in Ukraine. The Bulgarian head of state said further that “ignorant people” do not take into account the air defence from Durankulak to Sofia, and what the state of Bulgaria’s air force is. “How long will our allies be here?” the President asked.
President Radev also said there had been an accident involving a car from his escort near Plovdiv. The doctor from the presidential team has been hurt, and has been taken to hospital in the presidential car. A member of the security detail has suffered minor injuries.
The base interest rate in the country is being reduced to 1.82% as of 1 August 2025, the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) has announced. The reduction is by 0.09% compared to July, when it was 1.91%. The simple annual interest rate is being reduced..
The jury at the International Triennial of Stage Posters and the Ministry of Tourism awarded three equal prizes and 8 incentive prizes for tourist posters on the subject of “Bulgaria”. The jury, headed by Prof. Bozhidar Yonov, reviewed 144 posters..
President Rumen Radev expressed his appreciation of Great Britain’s support for Bulgaria in guarding the EU’s external borders. President Radev met with the British ambassador to Bulgaria Nathaniel Copsey, the Bulgarian news agency BTA reports...
Firefighting equipment should be purchased for the Air Force, where an organisation and crew are already in place , rather than for the Ministry of the..
On Thursday, minimum temperatures will range from 15 to 22°C , in Sofia – 16°C. Heavy rain clouds will develop from the southwest to the east-northeast..
One of the most prominent international journalists in Bulgaria, Konstantin Ivanov, passed away on July 28, 2018, at the age of 87 , announced the Union..
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