With a US president who talks of making Canada the 51st state, its leader in Europe where it’s not quite the EU's 28th state on offer, but something the president of the European Commission is calling ‘associate membership’. We’ll ask what that means, how it differs from the close status afforded t»»»

PARIS: Lusail International Circuit in Qatar has retained its place on the calendar for the 78th edition of the FIA Formula One World Championship in 2027, which was announced on Wednesday to give fans an early look at where and when their favorite races will take place. The Fédération Internationa»»»

Contacts between a minor girl and members of Ivaylo Kalushev's group, including a report that she had been sexually abused, emerged as a key factor behind the events that culminated in the deaths of six people at a mountain hut in the Petrohan area and near Okolchitsa Peak, according to findings fr»»»

Half of the 12th-grade graduates from Romania Education Alliance (REA) partner schools in the Class of 2026 have been admitted to universities across Europe, Asia, and Australia, according to an analysis conducted by the network. The other half will continue their studies at universities in Romania»»»

An “Innovations in Vineyards” demonstration day was held at the Agricultural University of Plovdiv’s experimental farm in Brestnik on Wednesday. Participants saw innovative specialized machinery and practical demonstrations by leading Bulgarian and international companies. Welcoming participants, U»»»

Sydney, Australia: Losing muscle mass as people age could be an important warning sign for dementia risk, new Australian-led research has found. Researchers analyzed more than 80 studies examining links between body weight, body fat, muscle health and dementia, finding that people with sarcopenia h»»»

RISING FUEL PRICES Fuel prices continue to rise, with diesel becoming EUR 0.03 cents more expensive and petrol increasing by EUR. 0.01 cent as of Wednesday morning, Dimitar Hadzhidimitrov, deputy chairman of the Association of Bulgarian Fuel Traders, Producers, Importers and Transporters, said on b»»»

Paris, France: Newly-crowned US Open champion Alexander Zverev makes a quick return to action this weekend as he bids to help Germany reach the Davis Cup Finals, while American Ben Shelton hopes to put his Flushing Meadows final defeat behind him. World number two Zverev downed Shelton in four sets»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Qatar Diamond Exchange (QDE) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Borsa Diamanti d’Italia (Diamond Bourse of Italy), establishing a strategic partnership between the two bourses. The agreement was signed during the CIBJO Centenary Congress, held in Vicenza, Italy, fr»»»

The 23rd Health Asia International Exhibition & Conferences, held from September 10 to 12, 2026, at Karachi, brought together leading healthcare professionals, industry stakeholders and international delegates, reaffirming its position as Pakistan’s largest annual health and medical industry event.»»»

Thessaloniki: UEFA announced Tuesday that Munich, Germany, will host the 2028 UEFA Champions League final, while the Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain, will stage the 2029 showcase. The 2028 final will take place at the Allianz Arena, which previously hosted the 2025 title match-where Paris Saint-Germai»»»

Rome: Italy has extended temporary border controls on air and sea travel from Spain for an additional 15 days, the country's interior ministry said. Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi notified the European Commission and his counterparts in other EU members of the decision, which followed »»»

BusinessUnited States of AmericaWhy the era of cheap government debt is overThomas KohlmannUS debt has topped $40 trillion. How risky is the growing debt burden, and will investors keep funding Washington's deficits? https://p.dw.com/p/5MYxMIf bond yields continue to rise, a stock market correction»»»

OVERVIEW The first day of school, September 15, is a topic that is present in all media. ECONOMY The daily Trud reports that the government does not plan to provide compensation to citizens or businesses for the high fuel prices. This transpired during Monday's sitting of the National Council for T»»»

Italy and Bulgaria support the creation of a joint European center to combat hybrid attacks, including cyberattacks, disinformation and drone threats. The idea emerged during Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto’s official visit to Bulgaria, where he met with his Bulgarian counterpart at Bezmer »»»

From Fiji to Vanuatu, Indians get up to 180 days in 25 visa-free destinations Dubai: Indian passport holders can travel to 25 destinations without a visa in advance, while 40 countries offer visa on arrival, according to the latest September 2026 Passport Reports ranking. The Indian passport ranks »»»

Rome: AS Roma returned to the summit of Serie A on Monday, earning a 2-0 victory against Torino to maintain a perfect 100% winning record four games into the season, with in-form Netherlands striker Donyell Malen netting his sixth goal of the season for the Giallorossi. Ex-Aston Villa forward Malen»»»

Bulgaria will support Italy in establishing a centre to combat hybrid attacks, Defence Minister Dimitar Stoyanov told journalists at Bezmer Air Base, where he welcomed Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto. The proposal was discussed during a meeting between the two sides at the air base. "I firm»»»

Rome: Air traffic over Sicily's Catania Airport was temporarily suspended following volcanic activity at Mount Etna that spewed ash plumes across the airspace. "Arrivals and departures at Catania Airport are suspended," the airport said in a statement on its website. The airport, that usually servi»»»

Investigators have found no evidence so far of third-party involvement in the deaths of six men whose bodies were discovered in the Petrohan and Okolchitsa areas in February, prosecutors and forensic experts said Monday while presenting the findings of two major expert reports. The investigation re»»»

According to an analysis conducted by Global Payments, the world’s largest payment processor, between July and August 2026, the value of transactions made at the company’s terminals in Romania with cards issued abroad, increased by 63% compared to last summer, reaching almost a quarter of a billion»»»

Berlin: The United States secured a record-extending 12th FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup title after defeating France 97-79 in the final in Berlin on Sunday. The USA delivered a dominant second-half performance to overcome a spirited French side and claim another Women’s Basketball World Cup cha»»»

Italian Exhibition Group (IEG) is set to expand the international scope of Ecomondo in 2026, with the 29th edition of the green, blue and circular economy event scheduled to take place from 3 to 6 November at the Rimini Expo Centre in Italy. The 2026 edition will introduce a revamped exhibition lay»»»

Russian President Vladimir Putin called on delegates to “change the world together” and build a “just world” in a televised address on September 13 to 10,000 young people gathered for the opening ceremony of the International Festival of Youth in Ekaterinburg. In a speech broadcast to participants »»»

Minister of Defence Dimitar Stoyanov will welcome Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto at Bezmer Air Base, the Defence Ministry's press service said here Sunday. The ministers and their delegations will hold a working meeting during Crosetto's visit to Bulgaria on September 14. After their bilat»»»

Exhibitors from 95 countries, 1,500 events, Balkan Culture as Guest of Honour Thirty-five years have passed since the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair was first launched at the Cultural Foundation, evolving today into one of the leading cultural and knowledge platforms on the international book-fa»»»

Veteran feminist activist Emma Bonino, who rose to political prominence in the 1970s as a leader of campaigns to legalise abortion and divorce in heavily Roman Catholic Italy over the objections of the Vatican, has died aged 78. Bonino, who was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2015, served as for»»»

More than 300 medical professionals are taking part in the seventh Ruse Interventional Days, which opened in the northern Bulgarian city on Friday and will continue until September 13, the organizers said. The three-day forum brings together Bulgarian specialists and guests from Spain, Italy, Germa»»»

The International Youth Festival 2026 will begin on September 11 in Yekaterinburg, bringing together 10,000 young people from 191 countries. The event will include 5,000 Russian participants and 5,000 foreign guests, including 1,000 teenagers aged 14–17. The festival will run until September 17 und»»»

BusinessWhy are European banks moving gold out of United States?Arthur SullivanThe Netherlands and France have moved their gold out of US vaults. Part of the reason is fears about the reliability of the US, but equally important is the need to keep gold closer to home in the event of a crisis. http»»»

The latest surge in oil prices is putting pressure on economies across Europe, but the impact varies significantly from one country to another. Bulgaria is not among the EU’s biggest oil importers, yet it is one of the countries most exposed to external energy shocks. In 2025, its net trade deficit»»»

BusinessWhy are European banks moving their gold out of the US?Arthur SullivanThe Netherlands and France have moved their gold out of US vaults. Part of the reason is fear over US reliability, but equally important is the need to have their gold closer to home in the event of a crisis. https://p.dw»»»

Tribune News Network Doha The third day of the Katara International Hunting and Falconry Exhibition (S’hail 2026) witnessed strong public interest in various specialised pavilions, particularly those offering birds, falconry and hunting equipment, hunting gear, desert trips and camping supplies. Th»»»

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic met on Thursday in Belgrade with the Director of the Adriatic and Balkans Unit of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Thomas Botzios and informed him in detail of obstructions b»»»

Deputy Prime Minister Atanas Pekanov recently put the question in a form most Bulgarians will recognize from their own experience, saying it is not normal for him to sit in a restaurant in Vienna and one in Sofia and find the prices relatively the same when the standard of living is completely diff»»»

Declining rates of migration to Europe have hit a new landmark, as the EU’s asylum agency (EUAA) found asylum applications to have dropped to the lowest numbers since 2021. Despite frequent references to a migration “invasion,” especially in the aftermath of a mass-arrival episode in Spain’s Africa»»»

The French Football Federation on Thursday pulled its support for Gianni Infantino's bid for re-election as the head of international football body FIFA. Infantino has been under fire from national and regional football institutions for weeks over his handling of a red-card case and his now-abandon»»»

Abu Dhabi, Sept. 10 (SANA) Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the world’s largest producer of premium aluminium, announced Thursday that it has completed the acquisition of an 80% stake in Italian aluminium recycling company Eco Green. The acquisition marks a strategic step in EGA’s efforts to expand»»»

The Bulgarian government and representatives of the restaurant industry have clashed over food and service prices, wages and calls for the return of a preferential VAT rate for restaurants. The dispute followed criticism from Deputy Prime Minister Atanas Pekanov, who questioned why prices at Bulgar»»»

Paris, France: France will not support the candidacy of Gianni Infantino, who is running for a new term as FIFA president in March 2027, the French Football Federation (FFF) announced on Thursday. The FFF is aligning itself with the position of other European federations such as Belgium, Italy, Sco»»»

DRI is a subsidiary of DTEK Group, Ukraine’s largest private investor and a leading energy company. The business is focused on accelerating the energy transition across Central, Eastern and Southern Europe through the development of renewable energy and battery storage projects that support countri»»»

Eco Green adds Italian recycling capacity to EGA’s global low-carbon aluminium business Dubai: Emirates Global Aluminium has completed its acquisition of an 80% stake in Italian aluminium recycling company Eco Green, expanding its recycling footprint in Europe and taking its global recycling capaci»»»

Estremoz, Portugal: Equipped with headlamps and pruning shears, a team of farm workers navigate pitch-black darkness during a nocturnal grape harvest that shields them from Portugal's increasingly oppressive summer heat. "At night, it's much cooler, and with this light we see the bunches of grapes »»»

Doha, Qatar: Qatar’s fencing team is heading to the 20th Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, with a clear goal: win the country’s first-ever medal in the sport at the Games. The event runs from September 19 to October 4. Nine fencers will represent Qatar: Ali Turki Awida, Khalid Arif Hussein, Abdul»»»

France’s record-breaking summer heat has forced champagne producers to contend with unusually high sugar levels in grapes, forcing authorities to allow alcohol content of up to 15 percent in the region’s sparkling wine for the first time. Champagne is usually capped at 13 percent.  Drinking th»»»

Employees in Romania spend an average of 53 minutes a day commuting to and from work, although they travel only 17 kilometres, compared with a European average of 45 kilometres – the shortest average distance among the 16 European countries included in SD Worx’s HR & Payroll Pulse survey. In terms »»»

The study argues that Europe’s growing financial savings pool could become a powerful source of investment capital if more money gradually moves from precautionary saving towards productive investment. Europe’s savings pool is growing – but remains concentrated in deposits Europeans are not the lif»»»

Discussions on the candidates in the October 25 presidential elections dominate the media on Wednesday. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS On Nova Television’s morning show, Prof. Georgi Lozanov, a member of Gurov and Kandev’s initiative committee, and cultural studies and media expert Prof. Lyubomir Stoykov d»»»

No injuries reported as police probe shooting and vehicle fire after Virk's performance Dubai: Punjabi singer and actor Ammy Virk is safe after a vehicle linked to his concert convoy came under fire in Abbotsford, British Columbia, following his performance at Rogers Forum on the night of September»»»

A new study has found most Europeans are disillusioned about the future of the continent. Co-published with the European Cultural Foundation, the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) survey published on Wednesday (9 September) reveals a general lack of confidence in Europe’s future, providi»»»