The preparations for the October 2 early parliamentary elections, the conduct of the election campaign and its media coverage, will be the focus of the election observation mission of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), said Nina Suomalainen, head of ODIHR's mission.
The mission consists of a core team of 11 international experts based in Sofia and 12 long-term observers, who will be deployed throughout the whole country from September 7. ODIHR has also requested 200 short-term observers to arrive in Bulgaria several days before election day.
Birth rate in Bulgaria has decreased by 33% over the past three decades. In 1994, 79,442 live births were registered in the country, while in 2024 the number dropped to 53,428. 6.5% of Bulgarian children are now born through in vitro fertilization..
The majority in parliament overcame the president's veto on the Investment Promotion Act. The bill was passed in second reading on October 24, but President Rumen Radev vetoed parts of it, arguing that the proposed rules specifically..
Deputy Prime Ministers and Ministers of Transport Grozdan Karadzhov and Aleksandar Nikoloski signed an agreement in Gyueshevo for the construction of a railway tunnel between Bulgaria and the Republic of North Macedonia. The facility..
A 6-month reconstruction of the runway and renovation of the aprons start at Burgas Airport. November 10 marks 19 years since the start..
Seven-year-old Magdalena Stoyanova from art school "Kolorit" in Pleven received a gold medal and a distinction from the international..
Bulgaria is strengthening land, water and air security (including with a drone protection system) at Lukoil's sites on its territory,..
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