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The National Council of Religious Communities in Bulgaria and public broadcaster Bulgarian National Television (BNT) have signed an agreement for the broadcaster to step up airtime for religious programming. The […]
Bulgaria has joined 14 other European Union countries in a statement expressing deep concern about the risk of violations of the principles of rule of law, democracy and fundamental rights […]
The death toll in Bulgaria among people who have tested positive for Covid-19 has risen to 12, while 30 have recovered, the national operational headquarters said on the morning of […]
The Speaker of Bulgaria’s National Assembly, Tsveta Karayancheva, has called a special sitting to be held on April 3 at 2pm. On the agenda are a proposal by Bulgaria’s government […]
The leader of the parliamentary group of Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s GERB party, Dr Daniela Daritkova, and another GERB MP, Daniela Maleshkova, have tested positive for Covid-19, reports on April […]
The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Bulgaria rose on April 2 by eight to a total of 457, the national operational headquarters said at 5pm. This total includes […]
The European Commission is further increasing its response to the Covid-19 pandemic by proposing to set up a 100 billion euro solidarity instrument, called SURE, to help workers keep their […]
The European Commission said on April 2 that it was closing two infringement proceedings against Bulgaria after the country brought its national laws in line with EU rules on passenger […]
Sofia mayor Yordanka Fandukova said on April 2 that the first package of proposed measures to assist small and medium-sized businesses, which are most affected by restrictive orders to combat […]
A total of 4477 people registered as unemployed at labour bureaux in Bulgaria in a single day yesterday, Labour and Social Policy Minister Denitsa Sacheva told a briefing on April […]
