In an address read here on Saturday during the solemn ceremony to welcome the remains of Tsar Samuel, Prime Minister Rumen Radev said that a symbol of statesmanlike valour and military virtues will find its eternal resting place in St Sophia Basilica. Radev said: "This square [Prince Alexander of B»»»

Dubai Crown Prince says pilot has the full appreciation and praise of UAE leadership Dubai: Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the UAE, and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai, visited flydubai pilot Capta»»»

Dubai Crown Prince says pilot has the full appreciation and praise of UAE leadership Dubai: Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the UAE, and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai, visited flydubai pilot Capta»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia will continue large-scale retaliatory strikes against military targets in Ukraine in response to Kiev's terror against Russians, the Russian Foreign Ministry stated on Saturday. The foreign ministry said on its website that the Russian Armed Forces are systematically strik»»»

Bulgaria is receiving the mortal remains of Tsar Samuel at a solemn state ceremony in central Sofia on Saturday. They were transported aboard a Spartan military transport aircraft from Thessaloniki to Vasil Levski Airport in Sofia earlier in the day. As part of the ceremony, Prime Minister Rumen Ra»»»

A Spartan military transport aircraft carrying the remains of Bulgarian medieval ruler Tsar Samuel landed at Sofia Airport Saturday. The aircraft was escorted by two pairs of MiG-29 and F-16 fighter jets. The casket with the ruler's remains were handed over to Bulgaria by Greece earlier in the day.»»»

LONDON: For more than four decades, Syria was on a short US list of countries barred from buying American weapons. As of this week it is free to do so, at least on paper. As US troops were completing their withdrawal from Iraq, the Trump administration announced on Wednesday that it was removing Sy»»»

Prime Minister Rumen Radev arrived in Greece early Saturday as part of the events surrounding the return of Tsar Samuel's mortal remains from Greece to Bulgaria. The Bulgarian delegation headed by Radev included Deputy Prime Minister Ivo Hristov and Culture Minister Evtim Miloshev. The Museum of By»»»

The image of the majestic Tsar Samuel is one of the deepest historical archetypes for Bulgarians, Bulgarian Prime Minister Roumen Radev said Saturday at the official ceremony for the handover of the remains of the medieval Bulgarian ruler at the Museum of Byzantine Culture in Thessaloniki. The cere»»»

In an interview with the Bulgarian News Agency on Saturday, archaeologist Prof. Lyudmil Vagalinski of the National Archaeological Institute with Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences described the exchange of Tsar Samuel's mortal remains and 48 relics between Bulgaria and Greece is good news »»»

The transfer of the remains of Tsar Samuel fulfills a moral duty, Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said here Saturday during a ceremony for the handover of the medieval ruler's remains. The ceremony is taking place in the Museum of Byzantine Culture. During the ceremony, the two countries' cult»»»

Athens is fulfilling its historic duty by returning to Sofia the mortal remains of Tsar Samuel from the four sarcophagi discovered in 1964 by Prof. Nikolaos Moutsopoulos at the Basilica of St Achillius, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said during the ceremony at the Museum of Byzantine Cul»»»

The official ceremony for the handover of the mortal remains of Bulgarian Tsar Samuel (997-1014) from Greece to Bulgaria has begun at the Museum of Byzantine Culture in Thessaloniki on Saturday. Prime Minister Rumen Radev and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis are attending the ceremony. The »»»

Prime Minister Rumen Radev and the delegation he is leading have arrived in Thessaloniki on Saturday for the ceremony marking the handover of the mortal remains of Bulgarian Tsar Samuel. The delegation includes Deputy Prime Minister Ivo Hristov and Culture Minister Evtim Miloshev. The Greek side wi»»»

Hungary’s recent investment performance makes institutional adaptability more than an abstract public-sector question. In 2025, the Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency (HIPA) supported 108 investment projects representing about €7.07 billion in capital and 18,227 new jobs. Electronics accounted f»»»

NEW YORK: UN Deputy Special Envoy for Syria Claudio Cordone has urged the international community to translate its political support for Syria into practical assistance and funding to help rebuild the country’s economy and institutions, while warning that Israeli military operations are threatening»»»

The US is pressuring France and Germany to tap emergency diesel reserves to help bring down soaring global prices, and has threatened not to export the fuel if they refuse, Reuters has reported. Washington wants the EU to release 120 million barrels over the next six months as US President Donald T»»»

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has rewarded her personal communications adviser with a permanent job in the commission’s media department, in a move that reveals how the EU bureaucracy really works, and how von der Leyen has created a royal court in Brussels. Von der Leyen’s Col»»»

Crowds of protesters jeered at NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, after the US-led military bloc was awarded the Westphalian Peace Prize on Thursday. The prize, awarded by the Economic Society for Westphalia and Lippe, commemorates the 1648 Peace of Westphalia, »»»

LONDON: Two Iranian men have been charged with plotting a terror attack on the Jewish community in Manchester, UK police said Friday. The arrests come nearly a year after a deadly knife and gun attack on the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in northern Manchester where worshippers had gath»»»

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday attended military drills in the Ural Mountains involving troops from China and several other countries. Putin visited a firing range in the Chelyabinsk region to observe the final stage of the Center-2026 maneuvers. The exercises were combined with»»»

LONDON: A 28-year-old man already charged with the murder of one politician, has been charged with preparing acts of terrorism, including against hard-right leader Nigel Farage, British police announced Friday. Police said Joshua Kerry had been charged with one count of preparing acts of terrorism »»»

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Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar said on Friday that the government should consider phasing out the country’s food retail margin caps, arguing that the measure is increasingly damaging farmers and small shops. Speaking during a stop in Kisvárda as part of his nationwide tour, Magyar said the m»»»

The Hungarian forint strengthened against both the euro and the US dollar on Friday, supported by falling oil prices and weaker-than-expected US labour market data. The Hungarian forint has enjoyed a stronger period since Hungary’s parliamentary election earlier this year, helped by improving inves»»»

GABORONE: Botswana's government authorized the killing of 23 elephants for its independence day celebrations this week, drawing criticism from conservationists and one of its former presidents. The licenses to hunt the elephants were issued in districts across the country, with each receiving a por»»»

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Operations Room officers aid stranded tourist and donate blood to save a mother Dubai: A stranded European tourist who had run out of money and faced spending the night without a hotel room received unexpected help from Dubai Police officers, while three officers later rushed to a hospital to donat»»»

A three-day training programme for young journalists, jointly organized by the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) and the European Parliament Liaison Office in Bulgaria, has concluded. The training was held at BTA’s MaxiM Hall. The final day of the programme covered topics including the work and challenge»»»

BRUSSELS: Group of Seven countries agreed on Friday on the release 100 million barrels of diesel and crude oil from emergency reserves in a move cheered by US President Donald Trump as he seeks help to cool off surging fuel prices linked to the Iran war. The conflict sparked the biggest emergency s»»»

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye will convene the top committee of their joint defense pact in Riyadh next week to review a surge in Houthi attacks on the Kingdom, Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on Friday. The meeting of the Strategic Political Def»»»

Burgas municipal transport operator Burgasbus will expand English-language passenger information ahead of Eurovision, Deputy Mayor Stanimir Apostolov said on Friday in a written reply to a municipal councillor. The additional information will appear on buses, at stops and through the company's digi»»»

BELGRADE - Aleksandar Vucic, who heads the United Serbia electoral list for the October 25 early parliamentary polls in the country, said on Friday he had pursued a pro-Serbian policy and was fighting only for Serbia. He said Russian President Vladimir Putin had been right in saying that Vucic had »»»

CAMBRIDGE - Serbian caretaker PM Djuro Macut said on Friday that, during a visit to London and Cambridge earlier in the day, he had discussed opportunities for university cooperation and cooperation in medicine with the UK. "I had the great pleasure of discussing today in the UK - in London and Cam»»»

Paris: Watched by HE Sheikh Hamad bin Joaan Al-Thani, top-flight-flight sport launched the 2026 Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe weekend at Saint-Cloud on Friday, October 2, with a Group 1 PA double-header sponsored by the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club (QREC). In attendance was a senior QREC dele»»»

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye will convene the top committee of their joint defense pact in Riyadh next week to review a surge in Houthi attacks on the Kingdom, Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on Friday. The meeting of the Strategic Political Def»»»

Russian President Vladimir Putin observed a stage of the Center-2026 strategic command-and-staff exercise at the Chebarkul training ground in Russia’s Chelyabinsk Region. At the site, Putin met Chelyabinsk Region Governor Alexey Teksler, spoke with military attachés from several countries, inspecte»»»

State-of-the-art facility aims to boost UAE's growing film & media production industry For a filmmaker preparing a new project, choosing equipment is only part of the process. Understanding how cameras, digital environments and production workflows fit together matters just as much. A new facility »»»

BELGRADE - Serbian Armed Forces Chief of General Staff Gen Milan Mojsilovic received on Friday in Belgrade a farewell visit from KFOR Commander Maj Gen Ozkan Ulutas, who will hand over the command of the international security forces in Kosovo-Metohija to Italian Maj Gen Roberto Vergori in mid-Octo»»»

Riot police fired tear gas at protesting students in Saint-Denis, a suburb of Paris, amid nationwide strikes that led to nearly 2,000 arrests across France on Thursday. High school and university students joined striking firefighters, healthcare workers, transport staff and other civil servants, de»»»

Reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ignored warnings from Egypt and the UAE shortly before the October 7, 2023 terrorist attack should not be assumed to doom him politically, US President Donald Trump has said. The Israeli leader, whose Likud party is facing a difficult election »»»

Leaders discuss strategic cooperation, regional security and efforts to promote peace Abu Dhabi: UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today received US Senator Joni Ernst. The meeting discussed strategic cooperation between the UAE and the United States and their shared com»»»

HELSINKI: Finland’s government on Friday survived a parliamentary vote of confidence called over the government’s Middle East policy following a criticized visit to Israel by the defense minister. Opposition parties have accused the right-wing government of internal policy differences and inconsist»»»

Geneva: Swiss President Guy Parmelin announced Friday that he will quit the government at the end of the year, in a sudden move after more than a decade of ministerial service. Switzerland's presidency rotates annually among the seven members of the government, called the Federal Council, of which »»»

Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky, who is dealing with a major hole in his country’s budget and high-profile corruption scandals in his government, has criticized Kiev’s Western backers for their reluctance to provide him with more money. Earlier this year, the EU agreed a €90 billion ($101 billion) loan»»»

Agra Asigurări, the national leader in agricultural insurance, is celebrating 10 years of activity in the Romanian market. The anniversary was marked by an event held in Sibiu from 28 to 30 September, bringing together partners, collaborators, and members of the local and international team. Under »»»

BEIRUT: Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam framed his Friday visit to Nabatieh — his third since taking office in February 2025 — as part of his effort to affirm that “the state wants to be present on the ground.” He stressed that “a state that alone holds the decision of war and peace and has one»»»

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GENEVA: Swiss President Guy Parmelin announced Friday that he will quit the government at the end of the year, in a sudden move after more than a decade of ministerial service. Switzerland’s presidency rotates annually among the seven members of the government, called the Federal Council, of which »»»

BELGRADE - Aleksandar Vucic, who heads the United Serbia electoral list for the October 25 early parliamentary polls in the country, said on Friday he had pursued a pro-Serbian policy and was fighting only for Serbia. He said Russian President Vladimir Putin had been right in saying that Vucic had »»»