The mayors of the municipalities of Velingrad, Sarnitsa and Rakitovo have strongly opposed the investment intention of a company from Plovdiv planning to mine tungsten in near Velingrad. At a joint press conference, the mayors pointed out that mining would endanger the health of the residents of several municipalities in the area, especially since the area is also a water supply area for several villages.
The press conference was also attended by MP Vasil Todev, who pointed out that the future of the Western Rhodopes was not mining, but tourism and organic agriculture.
President Rumen Radev has sent a letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa expressing his gratitude for the decision of the Republic of South Africa to lift visa requirements for short-term stays for Bulgarian citizens. Radev..
At a meeting in parliament in the presence of the party leaderships, the GERB-SDS coalition and the DPS-New Beginning party agreed on a full mandate to govern and fulfil the commitments for Bulgaria’s Euro-Atlantic orientation. This..
On October 21, the Ministry of Finance assumed domestic debt and sold government securities for 145 million euros with 3-year maturity. In 2025, the state assumed domestic debt of 1.45 billion euros. Debt of 7.2 billion euros was..
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The legal heirs of the people who lost their lives during the flooding in the region of Burgas at the beginning of October will receive 15,000 leva (EUR..
A meeting of the coalition partners took place early this morning, during a sitting of the National Assembly, to discuss the possible reformatting of..
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