World Champion Karlos Nasar: I’m Losing Hope and Thinking of Leaving Bulgaria

World weightlifting champion Karlos Nasar has admitted that he is increasingly considering leaving Bulgaria, citing ongoing financial and organizational problems within the national federation. Speaking after meeting Sofia Mayor Vasil Terziev on...

Bulgarian and South Korean musicians to share stage in Blagoevgrad

Photo: Blagoevgrad Municipality On 11 October at 7 p.m., the Blagoevgrad Cultural Centre will host a concert titled “Melodies Without Borders”, bringing together Bulgaria’s Pirin Ensemble Choir and South Korea's crossover group SOOK. According to...

BTA Signs Partnership Agreement with Balchik's Palace Cultural Centre

The Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) signed a partnership agreement with the Palace Cultural Centre in Balchik in BTA’s National Press Club in Sofia on Friday. The document was signed by BTA Director General Kiril Valchev and Galina Mitkova, director...

Bulgaria's Christo Grozev receives European Journalist of the Year award at PRIX EUROPA festival

Christo Grozev Photo: BNR Bulgarian investigative journalist Christo Grozev was honored as European Journalist of the Year at the official ceremony of the PRIX EUROPA festival in Berlin. Grozev was a key figure in the search for the former...

We Are Utterly Reliant on Immigrant Workers – But Who Cares About Reality?

Support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system Packed with exclusive investigations, analysis, and features The young woman who attended the interview had brown hair, her face permanently anxious. Her name was...

On the threshold of the snow season – will Bulgarian tourism surpass the levels of winter 2025

The tourism sector in Bulgaria has been growing in recent years, both in the summer and winter seasons. According to data from the relevant ministry, by the beginning of October, Bulgarian citizens who visited tourist destinations in the country...

South Africa Lifts Visa Requirement for Bulgarian Citizens on Short-Term Visits

Bulgaria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Thursday that, as of October 7, 2025, holders of ordinary Bulgarian passports will be able to enter and stay in the Republic of South Africa without a visa for up to 90 days for short-term...

Unmet medical needs: Where are children most likely to skip health care in Europe?

By&nbspEuronews Published on 17/10/2025 - 7:00 GMT+2 Almost all European children receive the health care they need, new data shows — but in some countries, they are more likely to skip care than in others. Last year, 3.2 per cent of children in...

Bulgaria Must Make Additional Efforts To Prevent Human Traff...

AKP Phnom Penh, October 10, 2025 — On Thursday, the Council of Europe's Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) published a new report. In its conclusion, the report noted that Bulgaria must make additional efforts...

Bulgaria Has Invested over EUR 50 Mln in Youth over Past Decade - Deputy Youth and Sports Minister

Deputy Youth and Sports Minister Petar Mladenov said that over the past decade, Bulgaria has invested more than EUR 50 million in young people, with half of that sum spent in just the past four years to establish 27 youth centres. He addressed the...

Spare us the empty words, Home Secretary, and get cracking on ending illegal immigration

YOU don’t have to be the sharpest knife in the box to realise that illegal immigration, in the form of the Channel boatmen, is reaching crisis proportions. Rarely out of the news, it is stretching beyond breaking point the credibility of the...

Book launch in Sofia highlights cultural dialogue between China, Bulgaria

SOFIA, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- The launch event for the bilingual book "101 Paintings from Bulgaria" was held at the Confucius Institute in Sofia here on Thursday. The book features 101 images of Bulgaria's most significant historical and...

Bulgaria Wins Two ESPA Innovation Awards for Successful Practices in Medical Spa Tourism

Bulgaria received two awards for innovation from the European Spas Association - ESPA Innovation Award, which are presented for the most innovative and successful practices in the field of medical spa tourism in Europe. This happened on the second...

Vice President Iotova Presents Slavic Studies Collection

A collection of academic papers, “Alphabet. Language. Identity.”, was presented on Wednesday by Vice President Iliana Iotova in the Coat of Arms Hall of the Presidency. Attending were Bulgarian News Agency Deputy Director General Evgenia Drumeva,...

Minister Bachev in Frankfurt: For Bulgaria, Literature Has Always Been More Than Just Art

Culture Minister Marian Bachev took part on Wednesday in the official opening of the Bulgarian stand at the Frankfurt International Book Fair. The Minister welcomed the guests, among whom were Bulgaria’s ambassador to Germany– Grigor Porozhanov,...

Bulgarian Authorities Find 83 Violations of the New Euro Law in One Day

In a single day of inspections, Bulgaria’s Consumer Protection Commission (CPCo) identified 83 violations of the Euro Law, reflecting ongoing challenges for businesses adapting to the country’s new currency requirements. Out of 125 physical checks...

Classical Music, Jazz, Folk Music, Musicals to Be Performed for Salon des Arts in November

Classical music, jazz, folk music, and musicals will be a part of the Salon des Arts festival organized by the National Palace of Culture in Sofia in early November, the organizers said. On November 2, Disney's musical Aladdin will be performed by...

European Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture, Sport Visits Bulgaria

The Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport Glenn Micallef is visiting Bulgaria on Thursday and Friday, the European Commission reported on Thursday. Micallef will take part in the ceremony announcing the 15...

Anita Ekenova: Bulgaria is the homeland of my soul, France – the one in which I live

Anita Ekenova, from Lyon, received the “Bulgarian Woman of the Year – St. Zlata of Meglen” award for 2024 at a ceremony organised by the Executive Agency for Bulgarians Abroad (EABA) in Sofia. Ten years ago, Anita and her folk group Ot Izvora...

Bulgaria Must Make Additional Efforts To Prevent Human Trafficking, GRETA Report States

On Thursday, the Council of Europe's Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) published a new report. In its conclusion, the report noted that Bulgaria must make additional efforts to prevent human trafficking and...