France is a partner and strategic ally to Bulgaria with whom we share common priorities from the international agenda. This year we shall mark 145 years since the establishment of our diplomatic relations, Foreign Minister Mariya Gabriel wrote on Facebook after meeting with her French counterpart Stéphane Séjourné. She thanked her hosts for the warm welcome to Paris and for the constructive discussion. The two foreign ministers discussed the new roadmap between Bulgaria and France, which will update the 2008 strategic partnership agreement, the Three Seas Initiative, Bulgaria’s accession to the Eurozone and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
From Paris, Mariya Gabriel left for Munich. Together with Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov, they will meet with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and will take part in the Munich Security Conference.
On Saturday, the lowest temperatures will be between 0 and 5°C; in Sofia - it will be around 0°C. During the day it will be mostly sunny. In the Danube Plain it will be foggy. Until noon it will also be foggy along the river..
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 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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