Two New F-16 Block 70 Aircraft Arrive in Bulgaria

Two new F-16 Block 70 fighter jets arrived in Bulgaria on Friday under a 2019 contract with the US, the Defence Ministry said. The aircraft landed at the Third Air Base in Graf Ignatievo near Plovdiv, where they were welcomed by Chief of Defence...

Borealis upgrades Integra site in Bulgaria for mechanical recycling

October 3, 2025 | By Mary Bailey Integra Plastics AD, Bulgaria, a member of the Borealis Group (Vienna, Austria), is converting its production facility to produce polypropylene starting in October 2025. The upgrade includes the installation of...

Bulgaria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemns the attack on a synagogue in Manchester

''We are shocked and deeply saddened by the heinous attack on a synagogue in Manchester, especially on Yom Kippur — the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, stated the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a post on the platform X. "We join British...

Bulgarians Recall Communist Dictator Zhivkov with a Smile

But it had a dark side to it, nevertheless. Some 300,000 ethnic Turks were forced to leave their homes in the 1980s, after the regime attempted to Bulgarian-ise them by force. Information about the Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster in the Ukraine...

Sports1 hour ago Lamine Yamal Ruled Out Of Spain’s World Cup Qualifiers After Injury Setback Barcelona have confirmed that teenage sensation Lamine Yamal will miss Spain’s upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Georgia and Bulgaria after suffering a…

Lamine Yamal, 18, who only just returned to action in Barcelona’s 2-1 Champions League defeat to Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday, is expected to be sidelined for up to three weeks. His absence raises doubts about his availability for the highly...

Brussels Greenlights Bulgaria's Second Payment Request under Recovery and Resilience Facility

The European Commission said on Friday that it has positively assessed Bulgaria's second payment request under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). The payment request includes 28 reforms and 12 investments. Following its assessment of the...

Three killed in floods in Bulgaria

BELGRADE (Reuters) -Three people were killed in floods caused by torrential rain in Bulgaria's Black Sea resort Elenite, Bulgaria's news agency BTA reported on Friday. Interior Minister Daniel Mitov said one man who was in a building basement was...

Commission greenlights Bulgaria's second payment request under NextGenerationEU

European Commission Press release Brussels, 03 Oct 2025 Today, the Commission positively assessed Bulgaria's second payment request under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the centrepiece of NextGeneration...

Rain-triggered flood hits Bulgaria, at least one dead

SOFIA, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Torrential rains caused severe flooding in Bulgaria on Friday, leaving at least one person dead and another missing on the Black Sea coast, authorities said. Deputy Interior Minister Toni Todorov confirmed the body was...

Two Dead in Bulgaria as Torrential Rain Causes Widespread Flooding

The flooded centre of Burgas, Bulgaria, October 3, 2025. Photo: Maya Stefanova. Heavy rain over 24 hours caused significant damage across Bulgaria, with officials on Friday confirming two deaths in the resort of Elenite, near the Black Sea city of...

For 27 years Cultural and Information Center Bosilegrad has been assisting Bulgarians in the Western Outlands

With a concert by the Slavey Quartet created by folk singer Nadka Karadzhova and a conversation about the problems of our compatriots in the Western Outlands, the Cultural and Information Center of the Bulgarian Minority in Bosilegrad celebrates...

Scientists revive old Bulgarian recipe to make yogurt with ants

Fermenting milk to make yogurt, cheeses, or kefir is an ancient practice, and different cultures have their own traditional methods, often preserved in oral histories. The forests of Bulgaria and Turkey have an abundance of red wood ants, for...

Bulgaria Must Be Active Factor in EU, Deputy PM Zafirov Says

Bulgaria must be an active factor in the European Union, and the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) must be the leading force behind left-wing policies, Deputy Prime Minister and BSP chairperson Atanas Zafirov wrote on Facebook Thursday. Zafirov,...

Torrential Rain to Continue Across Bulgaria for 24 Hours

Heavy rains will persist in Bulgaria over the next 24 hours as a slow-moving Mediterranean cyclone continues to affect the region, the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH) warns. Anastasia Stoycheva of NIMH explained on BNT that...

87% of Bulgarians Have Not Used State Preventive Healthcare Programmes, Study Shows

According to a Trend survey, 87% of Bulgarians have never used a State-funded preventive healthcare programme. The study, commissioned by the Bulgarian Union of Balneology and SPA Tourism (BUBSPA), was presented by the organisation here on Friday....

Bursa Has Gained Significantly from Bulgarian Turks - Chair of Turkiye-Bulgaria Friendship Group in Turkish Parliament

In a special interview with the Bulgarian News Agency on the occasion of the start of Turkiye’s new political season, launched with the opening of Parliament on October 1, Mustafa Yavuz, chair of the Bulgaria-Turkiye Friendship Group in the...

Heavy Snowfall Paralyzes Northwestern Bulgaria: Power Outages and Road Closures Reported

The early October snowfall caused serious disruptions across Northwestern Bulgaria, leaving entire municipalities without power and complicating traffic. In the Vidin region, Belogradchik and Chuprene remain without electricity after heavy snow...

CC-DB Warns of Pro-Russian Campaign to Influence Bulgaria's Presidential Elections in 2026

Atanas Atanassov MP of Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria (CC-DB) said in Parliament on Friday that a pro-Russian campaign was under way to influence Bulgaria's presidential elections in 2026 and possible early parliamentary elections. The...

President Radev Tells Turkiye's BGN that Bulgaria Has Interest in Maximizing Its Potential for Transporting Natural Gas to EU, Balkans

On Friday, President Rumen Radev received the management of the Turkish company BGN, said the President's Press Secretariat. During the meeting, the head of State expressed Bulgaria's interest in maximizing its potential for transporting natural...

No Threat to Tourists After Black Sea Storm, Says Bulgarian Tourism Minister

There is no danger to either Bulgarian or foreign tourists in the Black Sea resorts affected by recent severe weather, Bulgaria’s Tourism Minister Miroslav Borshosh announced on Friday. His statement followed a deadly natural disaster that struck...