Katya Ivkova has been proposed as Minister of Health in the draft Cabinet of Rumen Radev. Katya Ivkova holds a Master's degree in Public Health and Health Management from the Medical University of Sofia, graduated with full honours, and in International Relations from the University of National and»»»

Plamen Abrovski has been proposed as Minister of Agriculture and Food in the draft Cabinet of Rumen Radev. Abrovski holds a Master of Laws from the Southwestern University "Neofit Rilski". He has in-depth knowledge of administrative and commercial law, as well as the mechanisms for implementing sta»»»

Velislava Petrova has been proposed as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the draft Cabinet of Rumen Radev. Velislava Petrova earned a doctor's degree in infectious diseases from Cambridge University. She then worked for UNAIDS on healthcare innovations for the Global South, and during the COVID-19 pan»»»

Doha, Qatar: Ooredoo Group Thursday announced a partnership with du, the leading telecom and digital services provider, to land the Fibre in the Gulf (FIG) subsea cable system in the UAE, marking further progress in the development of a high-capacity international connectivity platform designed to »»»

Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Interior (MoI) announced on Thursday that the Civil Defence has responded to a fire at a factory in the Birkat Al Awamer area. In a statement on X, the Ministry also confirmed that the fire has been brought under control and no injuries were reported from the incident.»»»

Doha: The State of Qatar participated on Thursday in a meeting of foreign ministers from the EU Mediterranean group (MED9), the League of Arab States, and Western Balkan countries, held via video conference. Qatar was represented by Minister of State for Foreign Affairs HE Sultan bin Saad Al Muraik»»»

WASHINGTON: The United States sanctioned on Thursday ​Iraq’s deputy oil minister and militias over support for Iran, the Treasury Department said.The Treasury Department accused Iraq’s minister Ali ‌Maarij Al-Bahadly of ‌abusing “his ​position ‌to ⁠facilitate ​the diversion of ⁠oil to be sold for t»»»

TEL AVIV: Israel on Thursday indicted a Jewish man over a violent attack on a nun near Jerusalem’s Old City last week, the latest in a string of high-profile incidents targeting Christians and religious symbols. The indictment identified the man as Yona Schreiber, 36, from the Israeli-occupied West»»»

Lebanon and Israel will hold a new round of talks on May 14-15 in Washington on seeking a peace deal, a U.S. official said. "There will be talks between Lebanon and Israel Thursday and Friday next week in Washington," a State Department official said on condition of anonymity.»»»

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Natalia Efremova is a lawyer, having graduated from Sofia University and holds a master's degree in Finance. She started working as a junior legal advisor at the State Receivables Agency at the Ministry of Finance. After 2003, she was a member of the political cabinet and health attache at the perm»»»

Dimitar Stoyanov was born in Svilengrad (Southern Bulgaria). Graduated from the Higher Air Force School in Dolna Mitropoli and the National Defence Academy in Sofia. Specialized at Maxwell Air Force College in Alabama. Held various command positions in the Air Force, from aircraft technician to chi»»»

Ivan Shishkov is 62 years old and is an established expert in architecture, urban planning and public administration. From 2022 to 2023, he served as Minister of Regional Development and Public Works, having previously been a deputy minister and adviser in the same ministry. His professional biogra»»»

Tunis, May 7 (TAP) - The first edition of the Tunisian Travel Market 2026 (TTM 2026) was inaugurated on Thursday by Minister of Tourism and Handicrafts Sofiane Tekaya.The minister told reporters that TTM, held on May 7-9 at the Tunis City of Culture...»»»

DOHA: Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD), HE Sheikh Thani bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, chaired the fund’s first board meeting of 2026. The meeting reviewed the progress of key projects and strategic initiatives aimed at strengthening impact, responding to»»»

Between 2022 and 2023 Ivan Demerdzhiev served as deputy prime minister and minister of the interior in the two consecutive caretaker governments of Galab Donev. In 2021 he was caretaker minister of justice and deputy minister in the same ministry. His professional career is closely linked to the le»»»

Our weekly digest of Hungarian politics continues, as we report on developments after April’s historic election and on the formation of the Tisza government. This week we cover the following topics: The tearful billionaire who offered his companies to the state. Billions funnelled to allies and cam»»»

Ras Al Khaimah: Ras Al Khaimah Police has launched a major road safety awareness campaign titled “Cross Safely” as part of the Gulf Unified Traffic Week 2026, while announcing a significant decline in traffic fatalities and serious road accidents across the emirate. The week-long campaign, organise»»»

GENEVA: France’s reforms in New Caledonia must only go ahead with the effective participation of the Pacific territory’s indigenous Kanak people, a United Nations watchdog said Thursday. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) urged Paris to ensure that any changes conce»»»

There is a U.S. effort to de-escalate Israeli actions in Lebanon in preparation for consolidating the ceasefire and moving to the second phase of negotiations, a Lebanese official told Al-Jazeera on Thursday. "Rounds of negotiations at the delegation level will begin next week in Washington. The ne»»»

UK police said Thursday they had arrested a man wielding a weapon who "was behaving in an intimidating manner" close to the home of former prince Andrew in eastern England. Norfolk police confirmed they had been called to an incident late Wednesday near the Sandringham Estate "and the man was arres»»»

DOHA: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani held a phone call with Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan HE Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif. The two sides discussed bilateral cooperation and ways to strengthen it, in addition to t»»»

Riyadh Airports Company, which manages and operates King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, achieved a new global accomplishment by winning four awards at the 2026 Stevie Awards, considered among the most prominent international awards honoring innovation and excellence across various business»»»

Atanas Pekanov was born in Athens in 1991. Holds a PhD in economics from Vienna University of Economics and Business and a master's degree in economic policy from University College London. Worked in the Vienna-based Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO), as a lecturer at the Vienna Univer»»»

Alexander Pulev was born in Plovdiv on February 5, 1981. Holds an MBA with a focus on finance from Oxford University, UK, and a bachelor's degree in Information Systems and Finance from the University of Maine, US. Worked as a Director of Investment Banking at the UniCredit banking group and as a P»»»

Doha, Qatar: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani held a telephone call with the Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan HE Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif. During the call, they reviewed bilateral relations and ways to support and»»»

1 of 2 | Ambulances and police park at Schiphol airport, near Amsterdam, Netherlands, waiting to transport a patient medically evacuated from the cruise ship MV Hondius with suspected hantavirus on Thursday. Photo by Michel van Bergen/EPA May 7 (UPI) -- Public health officials conducted contract tr»»»

Tunis, May 7 (TAP) - The first edition of the Tunisian Travel Market 2026 (TTM 2026) was inaugurated on Thursday by Minister of Tourism and Handicrafts Sofiane Tekaya.The minister told reporters that TTM, held on May 7-9 at the Tunis City of Culture...»»»

Galab Donev is the top-of-the-list candidate of Progressive Bulgaria for Pazardzhik’s 13th multi-member constituency, the coalition press service said here Thursday. Between 2022 and 2023, Donev served as caretaker prime minister of the Republic of Bulgaria in two successive governments. His profes»»»

ROME - Serbian tennis player Miomir Kecmanovic is through to the second round of the Rome Masters tournament after a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Czech Dalibor Svrcina in the opening round on Thursday. Kecmanovic won after an hour and 25 minutes of play. He will next face 12th seed Andrey Rublev of Russia»»»

The World Health Organisation sought to calm fears of a wider health emergency on Thursday as authorities across multiple continents scrambled to trace passengers and crew linked to a deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the overall»»»

A young Jordanian man was found alive on Thursday after spending three days inside a deep well in the Al Muqabalain area of the capital, Amman, local media reported. Ivan Al Qaisi is believed to have fallen into the 8-metre well, where he remained trapped before being located following intensive se»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Airports Co., which manages and operates Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport, has achieved a new global milestone by winning four awards at the 2026 Stevie Awards, one of the world’s leading international awards programs recognizing innovation and excellence acr»»»

Rumen Radev is the prime ministerial nominee of Progressive Bulgaria. Earlier on Thursday, President Iliana Iotova handed him the first exploratory mandate for forming a government. Radev served as President of Bulgaria from 2017 to 2026. On January 19, 2026, he announced in an address to the natio»»»

Prime Minister-designate Rumen Radev of Progressive Bulgaria presented to President Iliana Iotova the composition and structure of a draft cabinet. He did that Thursday right after the President handed him an exploratory mandate to form a cabinet. The Cabinet has a Prime Minister and four Deputy Pr»»»

The Justice Ministry on Thursday released a report on its activity while the caretaker Cabinet was in office (February 19 - May 7, 2026). During that period, the Ministry prepared a total of 17 draft statutory instruments. The Ministry triggered procedures for the transposition of EU directives who»»»

This week, Beijing has become the busiest diplomatic crossroads on the planet. While Western newsrooms have fixed their cameras on Donald Trump's packed suitcases ahead of his trip to China next week, the touchdown of a plane carrying Abbas Araghchi, Iran's foreign minister, scrambled the calculati»»»

This week, Beijing has become the busiest diplomatic crossroads on the planet. While Western newsrooms have fixed their cameras on Donald Trump's packed suitcases ahead of his trip to China next week, the touchdown of a plane carrying Abbas Araghchi, Iran's foreign minister, scrambled the calculati»»»

This week, Beijing has become the busiest diplomatic crossroads on the planet. While Western newsrooms have fixed their cameras on Donald Trump's packed suitcases ahead of his trip to China next week, the touchdown of a plane carrying Abbas Araghchi, Iran's foreign minister, scrambled the calculati»»»

This week, Beijing has become the busiest diplomatic crossroads on the planet. While Western newsrooms have fixed their cameras on Donald Trump's packed suitcases ahead of his trip to China next week, the touchdown of a plane carrying Abbas Araghchi, Iran's foreign minister, scrambled the calculati»»»

This week, Beijing has become the busiest diplomatic crossroads on the planet. While Western newsrooms have fixed their cameras on Donald Trump's packed suitcases ahead of his trip to China next week, the touchdown of a plane carrying Abbas Araghchi, Iran's foreign minister, scrambled the calculati»»»

VIENNA: At least three ​people have been killed outside a restaurant in the ‌Austrian city ‌of ​Linz, ‌a police ⁠spokesperson ​said on ⁠Thursday, adding that the weapon with which ⁠they were ‌killed ‌had ​been ‌recovered. The spokesperson ‌declined to comment further. Tabloid newspaper Kronen ‌Zeit»»»

KYIV: Ukraine’s top negotiator, Rustem Umerov, has arrived in Miami for a meeting with US representatives, a source said, as peace talks on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine have stalled in recent months. Kyiv hoped US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner would travel to Ukraine earlier this spring,»»»

Alongside the St. George solar park in Bulgaria, Rezolv Energy holds in Romania a portfolio of three major projects: the 461 MW VIFOR wind farm in Buzău County, with its 192 MW first phase set to be commissioned in the coming months; Dama Solar in Arad County, which at 1.24 GW will be the largest s»»»

Iran said it was reviewing the latest American proposals to end the war after US President Donald Trump threatened the country with a new wave of bombing unless a deal is reached that includes reopening the crucial Strait of Hormuz to international shipping. Hope that the two-month conflict could s»»»

President Iliana Iotova on Thursday handed the first exploratory mandate for forming a government to Rumen Radev, nominated for prime minister by Progressive Bulgaria, the largest parliamentary group in the 52nd National Assembly. "We have a nominee for prime minister, and that is Rumen Radev," Pro»»»

Agriculture and Food Minister Ivan Hristanov submitted eight new alerts to the prosecution service in recent days concerning evidence of serious violations, misuse of public funds, and actions detrimental to the state interest. The alerts are the result of inspections carried out by the Internal Au»»»

“Bosch Romania has once again demonstrated its resilience, delivering a stable performance despite market challenges and economic uncertainty in fiscal year 2025,” said Dan Lăzărescu, Managing Director of Robert Bosch S.R.L. and representative of the Bosch Group in Romania. “This achievement is a d»»»

The US faces pushback from allies over moves that harm their international credibility, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Sputnik. “Notably, Washington's rationale has come up against broad resistance, even among its circle of like-minded countries and traditional allies, wh»»»