Media Review: October 27

The topics of the new governance formula and the drafting of the 2026 state budget dominate Monday’s news media. POLITICS On Bulgarian National Radio on Monday morning, Teodor Slavev, senior analyst at the Bulgarian Institute for Legal...

Bulgari Celebrates Polychroma High Jewelry Collection With Viola Davis, Kirsten Dunst and More

Bulgari celebrated the jewelry house’s Polychroma high jewelry collection with a special event in Los Angeles on Wednesday night. The collection debuted in May 2025. The gala event featured the likes of Viola Davis, Kirsten Dunst and Jon Hamm, all...

Bulgaria and Vietnam Elevate Relations to Strategic Partnership

Bulgaria and Vietnam signed a declaration upgrading bilateral relations to the level of a strategic partnership during an official visit to Sofia by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam, at the invitation of President Rumen...

Bulgarian Embassy in Rome Hosts 10th Artemidia Biennale Dedicated to Sts Cyril and Methodius

The Bulgarian Embassy in Rome hosted the opening of the 10th edition of the Biennale Artemidia: Art and Friendship (Biennale Artemidia: Arte e Amicizia) on October 22, the diplomatic mission announced on its Facebook page. Over the years, the...

Euro Will Bring Bulgaria More Prosperity, Says Education and Science Minister

All other things being equal, the euro will be that positive factor that will contribute to Bulgaria being more integrated, its economy growing a little more, to having a little more investors and young people, and to having more prosperity,...

Bulgaria Has Potential to Become Boutique Destination in Region - Deputy Tourism Minister Georgieva

The Maldives, Bali, and Dubai are already symbols of high-class tourism, but Bulgaria has the potential to become a boutique destination in Southeastern Europe, offering luxury woven into Bulgarian culture, uniqueness, and hospitality. This was...

Sofia Hosts Folklore Festival Dedicated to Bessarabian Bulgarians Day

Sofia is hosting a three-day folklore festival dedicated to the Day of Bessarabian Bulgarians, celebrated on October 29, BulgariaMezi, one of the organizers of the event, said in a Facebook post on Thursday. The festival opened on Friday and will...

Bulgaria: New Web Platform

“Romalo” is the new voice of the Roma community in Bulgaria – the platform where Roma can find answers to important questions. The goal is to significantly reduce misconceptions about Roma, says its creator Mihail Mishev. If you type “Roma” into...

Parliamentary cooperation an important pillar of Việt Nam–Bulgaria Strategic Partnership: leaders

SOFIA — General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Central Committee Tô Lâm and Speaker of the Bulgarian National Assembly Natalia Kiselova had a meeting in Sofia on Friday, calling parliamentary cooperation an important pillar of the...

Bulgaria Today – 23 October 2025

In “Bulgaria Today” on Thursday, October 23, we bring you, first, the latest news from this country. Next on the show: Modern times require public media to be present on many more platforms. At the end, we bring you the song “Oi, Elize” to the...

Immigration, Italy presses EU partners on returns and safe countries

Brussels – Accelerating repatriations, through the definition of a broader and shared list of “safe” third countries, with the creation of external centres (hubs) to manage incoming flows before they reach Europe. Italy is working with its EU...

® 2nd International Baku Steel Art Symposium has started in Baku

The 2nd International Symposium Baku Steel Art has started in Baku as part of the large-scale cultural festival Fly to Baku. Art Weekend. Sense the Future NOW. Co-organised by Baku Steel Company CJSC and QGallery, the initiative unites 14 artists...

Bulgaria, Roma, and Schools

Kristiana Koleva, who was the weightlifting coach of 15-year-old Krasi, who was stabbed and killed in a Sofia mall, was a special guest on “Darik’s Day” and shared what her calling is. “We tell them how to be decent people, to study, to get up...

Sylvie Vartan: I Am Grateful to Life! France Gave Me a Wonderful Career, Italy – Love, and My Heart Beats in Bulgaria

The grand dame of French music, Sylvie Vartan, is in Sofia together with the renowned Italian actor Toni Servillo as special guests of the Cinelibri Festival. “I feel so moved to rediscover the country where I was born — my Bulgaria — with such...

Bulgaria and Vietnam Sign Declaration on Promoting Bilateral Ties to Strategic Partnership

Bulgaria and Vietnam Thursday signed a declaration on promoting the bilateral relations to the level of strategic partnership. The document was adopted during a visit of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam to Bulgaria at...

Sofia Supports Five Community Projects in Banat Bulgarian Village of Ivanovo, Northern Serbia

The Bulgarian state has supported five projects in the village of Ivanovo in Northern Serbia, home to Banat Bulgarians, it emerged on Friday during farewell meetings of Bulgarian Ambassador to Serbia Petko Doykov with the local community before...

Japan-Bulgaria Business Association Holds Fourth Annual Meeting at Ambassador’s Residence

The Japan-Bulgaria Business Association (JBBA) held its fourth annual meeting at the residence of Ambassador of Japan to Bulgaria Hisashi Michigami on Friday. The diplomat hosted members of the bilateral business organisation, along with...

President Radev to Participate in Future Investment Initiative Forum in Riyadh

President Rumen Radev will visit Saudi Arabia at the invitation of Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman, Radev's press secretariat said on Monday. The Bulgarian head of State will participate in the 9th Future Investment Initiative...

Bulgaria Sees Rise in Respiratory Infections, Experts Urge Flu and COVID Precautions

The number of respiratory infections in Bulgaria is climbing and has already matched figures from the same period last year, Prof. Todor Kantardzhiev, former director of the National Center for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, told NOVA NEWS. He...

Party chief charts new era of strategic partnership with Bulgaria in Sofia University address

Sofia (VNA) – Party General Secretary To Lam on October 24 visited the Sofia University and delivered a policy address retracing the 75-year journey of Vietnam – Bulgaria friendship towards a Strategic Partnership in the new era. In his speech,...