TEHRAN – Iran football team edged past Bulgaria 1-0 in a friendly match at the Hristo Botev Stadium in Plovdiv, Bulgaria on Thursday. Source Views: 0
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Narrow lead for reformists in Bulgaria parliament vote
Initial results are expected on Monday, but it could take days before the final official results are announced. Former premier Boyko Borissov refused to comment on the initial results saying that he rather will wait for the official outcome of the vote. Source Views: 0
Croatia to join Schengen Area but Bulgaria, Romania bids rejected
Croatia will join the unrestricted movement arrangement from January 1 becoming the third country to join the borderless Schengen zone after Greece and Slovenia. However, an EU official confirmed the bids from Bulgaria and Romania to join the Schengen Area have been blocked. Croatia will join the Schengen Area at the start of 2023, the […]
Archaeologists Unearth First Century Roman Refrigerator in Bulgaria
Over the last few decades, archaeologists from Bulgaria and Poland have been performing excavations at the site where the Roman legionary fortress of Novae once stood. Read more Section: Artifacts Ancient Technology News History & Archaeology Read Later Source Views: 0
Russia halts gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria
Russia halted gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland on Wednesday for rejecting its demand to pay in roubles, taking direct aim at European economies in its toughest retaliation so far against international sanctions over the war in Ukraine. Views: 0
Ex Romanian minister to appear before extradition judges in Bulgaria after fleeing 6-year sentence
Elena Udrea, a former Romanian tourism minister, is set to appear before judges today in Bulgaria after fleeing her home country hours before an appeal against a six-year prison sentence was rejected. Udrea, 48, a past presidential candidate and close political ally of Traian Basescu, Romania’s president from 2004 to 2014, was sentenced by a […]
Bus Crashes, Catches Fire In Bulgaria; At Least 45 Dead
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — A bus carrying people home to North Macedonia from a tourist trip to Istanbul crashed and caught fire in western Bulgaria early Tuesday, killing at least 45 people, authorities and local media said. The accident happened around 2 a.m. and there were children among the victims, authorities said. Seven people were […]
Polls open for Bulgaria’s third parliamentary election this year
Polls opened in Bulgaria on Sunday as voters choose a new parliament and, possibly, a new President. Incumbent Rumen Radev is tipped to be re-elected after a run-off vote on November 21st. Among those hoping to make gains is Kiril Petkov and his newly formed “We Continue To Change” party. The party was created by […]
Bulgaria’s third election in eight months brings hopes of an end to political stalemate
Earlier this summer, fans of Bulgaria’s economy minister, Kiril Petkov, circulated a meme that showed the 41-year-old alongside another of a shirtless Chris Hemsworth. Australian actor Hemsworth, it said, was what men think women want. Petkov, it said, was what they actually wanted. In the run-up to the November 14 parliamentary elections — Bulgaria’s third […]
Bulgaria to send 350 soldiers to border with Turkey over migration levels
Bulgaria has sent 350 additional military personnel to its border with Turkey amid rising migration levels. Defense Minister Georgi Panayotov told Bulgarian media that the troops were arriving to “support the border police”. “350 people with some 40 units of equipment have been sent,” he said in an interview with bTV. More than 6,500 migrants […]
Bulgaria’s COVID nightmare that no one wants to own
Bulgaria currently leads the global rankings for COVID-related deaths per capita two weeks before holding snap elections for the third time this year, poised to be held on November 14. “Each day Bulgaria loses the equivalent of one plane crash. It is really horrendous,” said Ruzha Smilova, program director at the Centre for Liberal Strategies […]
Bulgaria to impose ‘health passport’ restrictions for Leisure Activities
All activities in indoor public places, from large shops in malls to restaurants to cinemas and other places, will require the public to show a “green certificate” for admission as of October 21, Bulgaria’s caretaker Health Minister Stoicho Katsarov told a news conference on October 19. Basically this is discrimination against the unvaccinated. […]
Bulgaria launches COVID-19 pass amid rising infections and low vaccine uptake
Bulgaria launched on Tuesday its COVID-19 “Green Certificate” as a mandatory requirement for access to restaurants, theatres, cinemas, concert halls, gyms, clubs and shopping malls as the country faces a surge in coronavirus infections. Health Minister Stoycho Katsarov explained on Tuesday that the new digital or paper health pass certifies that its holder has been […]
Bulgaria Sees Economic Growth, Inflation Picking Up This Year
A bartender wearing a protective face mask is pictured at Bar Friday, as night clubs reopen at 50 percent capacity, following the outbreak of the COVID-19, in Sofia, Bulgaria on April 29, 2021. (Spasiyana Sergieva/Reuters) SOFIA—Bulgaria’s economy is expected to rebound with growth of 4 percent this year and accelerating to 4.9 percent in 2022, […]
Bulgaria’s President pushes for government talks to avoid another election
Bulgaria’s President has urged his country’s political parties to hold coalition talks to avoid another parliamentary election. A second vote in July failed to result in a clear majority for any party, plunging the country deeper into political crisis. The anti-establishment party “There is such a people” party (ITN) finished first in the most recent […]
Talk show host becomes kingmaker in Bulgaria’s election: who is SLAVI?
It may prove difficult to build a working coalition in Bulgaria after a surprise kingmaker is set to take the political scene in Sofia by storm. Known simply as ‘SLAVI’ to most Bulgarians, Slavi Trifonov now leads the new anti-establishment party called ‘There Is Such A People.’ Created last year during the anti-corruption protests, he […]