The Prosecution Service, the Ministry of Interior, the State Agency for National Security (SANS) and the Central Election Commission (CEC) discussed joint measures to ensure lawful, fair and transparent elections, to prevent and counter electoral offences, and to guarantee citizens’ political right»»»

The National Assembly Friday tasked the Council of Ministers with taking urgent measures to mitigate the impact of the high prices of crude oil and natural gas. The draft resolution was submitted by MRF-New Beginning earlier in the day and was adopted in a 97-20 vote, with 19 abstentions. The Counc»»»

Geneva: Jamal Al Musharakh, Permanent Representative of the UAE to the United Nations and Other International Organisations in Geneva, held a series of high-level meetings with leaders of UN agencies and international organisations to brief them on the recent escalation in the Arabian Gulf region a»»»

A Turkish man has been arrested in northern Greece and faces extradition to Turkey where he is wanted to answer charges including migrant-smuggling, police said Friday. The 41-year-old suspect was detained Thursday in a Thessaloniki flat together with two more Turkish nationals, a police statement »»»

On Friday, Parliament voted, 100-54 with three abstentions, to instruct the caretaker Cabinet to submit a bill of ratification of Bulgaria's accession, as a founding state, to the Charter of the Board of Peace, established on the initiative of the United States. The draft resolution was submitted t»»»

Tunis, March 13 (TAP) – The Tunisian embassy in Riyadh has received 235 emergency visa requests from Tunisian nationals, said Chargé d’Affaires at the Embassy Moez Gara Ali on Friday.The Saudi side has responded positively to these applications,...»»»

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer said an incident where a vehicle was rammed into the Temple Israel synagogue near Detroit on Thursday was antisemitism and "hate, plain and simple". The FBI is investigating the incident as a "targeted act of violence against the Jewish community" but a motive for»»»

Brussels: The European Union described the United States' decision to lift some restrictions on Russian oil as "unilateral and very worrying," given the sharp rise in oil prices due to the crisis in the Middle East. European Council President Antonio Costa said in a post on the X platform that this»»»

Beirut: Lebanese President General Joseph Aoun met in Beirut today with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to discuss efforts to halt Israeli attacks on Lebanon. The Lebanese Presidency stated in a press release that the UN Secretary-General expressed his full solidarity with the Lebanese people»»»

Police in southern Greece have smashed a drug trafficking ring active in Athens and the tourist destination of Nafplio, arresting 20 people and seizing narcotics, cash, vehicles and precision scales, authorities said Friday. A police statement said the crackdown followed months of investigations, c»»»

Member of the Zhogorku Kenesh Kurmankul Zulushev, elected from multi-mandate constituency No. 10, has submitted a statement requesting the early termination of his parliamentary powers. The information was reported by the Central Election Commission of Kyrgyzstan. According to the commission, the a»»»

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth downplayed the shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz during a press briefing Friday and claimed 15,000 Iranian targets have been struck. Photo by Jim Lo Scalzo/UPI | License Photo March 13 (UPI) -- Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth downplayed the shutdown of the Strait »»»

Kyrgyzstan’s foreign trade volume in January 2026 amounted to $1,052.9 billion. According to the National Statistical Committee, this figure increased by 2 percent compared to January 2025. Sharp drop in exports As in the previous year, January 2026 saw a significant decline in exports of 20.3 perc»»»

Dubai: India’s largest airline by market size, IndiGo, will introduce a fuel charge on domestic and international routes starting March 14. The airline has cited the additional charge due to a sharp rise in jet fuel prices linked to geopolitical issues in the Middle East. Stay updated: Get the late»»»

Skopje, 11 March 2026 (MIA) — The country's tourism saw a 6.2% increase in January compared to the previous year, driven largely by a surge in domestic travel, according to figures released Wednesday by the State Statistical Office. A total of 52,943 tourists visited the country in January 2026. Do»»»

Prime Minister Edi Rama addressed journalists Friday regarding the case involving former Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku, after Parliament yesterday declined to authorize her arrest during a plenary session. Speaking at a press conference, Rama firmly rejected claims that Albania had faced in»»»

Share: Iran has been badly weakened, its ambitions exposed, and its proxies further discredited. Prolonging the conflict now risks turning a limited campaign into another costly Middle East quagmire. President Trump should declare victory now and bring this war to an end. By: Ya Libnan Editorial Bo»»»

The Trump administration's decision to ease sanctions on countries buying Russian oil has been welcomed by the Kremlin and has sparked deep concern among pro-Ukraine campaigners. The US waiver, active for one month, will let countries buy up Russian oil which, under current sanctions, has been floa»»»

The corporate objective of German hypermarket chain Kaufland in Bulgaria is to reduce food waste by half by the end of 2030 compared to 2018. The company commented on the issue of food waste in connection with a new EU directive, which requires Member States to reduce food waste generated by househ»»»

A Thessaloniki woman was convicted Friday of domestic violence after a court heard that she – with the assistance of her older son – assaulted her daughter and cut her hair off after the teenager disappeared for hours and came home after midnight. The 33-year-old woman received a 22-month prison se»»»

A man suspected of distributing extremist materials via social media has been detained in Osh. The press service of the Department of Internal Affairs of Osh region reported. According to police, officers from the Service for Combating Extremism and Illegal Migration conducted an investigation, whi»»»

According to preliminary estimates, the gross domestic product (GDP) for January — February 2026 amounted to 264,052.5 billion soms. This represents an 8.8 percent increase compared to January — February 2025. The National Statistical Committee of Kyrgyzstan reported. The service sector accounted f»»»

Beirut: Eight people were killed and nine others injured on Friday in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon. Lebanon's Ministry of Public Health said the strike targeted the Al-Fawwar area in Sidon, resulting in an initial toll of eight deaths and nine injuries. The ministry added that the death»»»

Libya’s National Council Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) launched yesterday a technical assistance project to strengthen the capacities of the food security sector in Libya. The project is funded by the Islamic Development Bank and implemented in cooperation with the Islamic Organizat»»»

Doha, Qatar: Estithmar Holding Q.P.S.C. has paid the third semi-annual coupon of its Qatari Riyal-denominated Sukuk (first tranche), at an annual profit rate of 8.75%. The first tranche, part of the company’s broader Sukuk program valued at QAR 3.4 billion and listed on the London Stock Exchange’s »»»

BSP - United Left Floor Leader Nataliya Kiselova Thursday said that it is not permissible for the National Assembly, through its own act, to oblige he Government to submit a bill for ratification. She was speaking during the debate before Parliament's vote to instruct the caretaker Cabinet to submi»»»

The United States is relocating parts of its advanced Terminal High-Altitude Area Defence (Thaad) missile defence system from South Korea to the Middle East, according to officials cited by The Washington Post and South Korean media. The reported move comes nearly two weeks into the escalating US-I»»»

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer speaks during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the 2026 budget for the Office of the Trade Representative in December. His department just announced investigations into 60 economies for allowing trade from countries with forced labor. File Photo »»»

The ongoing war in the Middle East is beginning to cast a shadow over Bulgaria’s tourism sector, with early signs already visible in reservations for the upcoming summer season, BGNES reported. According to representatives of the industry on the Southern Black Sea coast, the first effects are being»»»

Bulgaria recorded a decline in exports to European Union countries in 2025, while imports from the bloc continued to rise, according to data from the National Statistical Institute (NSI). Over the year, Bulgarian exports to EU member states fell by 3.8 percent compared to 2024, reaching a total val»»»

Libya’s oversight entity, the Administrative Control Authority (ACA), reported yesterday that the Tripoli Court of Appeal issued its judgment on 16 February 2026, finding former Director General of Libya’s Executive Authority for Special Flights (which refers to itself in English as the EACS for sh»»»

Abu Dhabi: The President of the United Arab Emirates, HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan discussed regional developments during a phone call on Friday with HM King Abdullah II of Jordan. The two leaders reviewed the escalating military conflict and its serious repercussions, which threaten the s»»»

A decision obliging the Bulgarian Council of Ministers to submit a law for the ratification of the country’s accession to Donald Trump’s so-called "Board of Peace" was adopted in parliament after a vote marked by significant absences and abstentions among MPs. The resolution passed with 100 votes i»»»

Israeli enemy aircraft dropped leaflets over the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on Friday calling on civilians to turn against Hezbollah resistance group defending the country, a move widely seen as a return to old psychological warfare tactics that underscore the enemy’s mounting frustration. A loud bl»»»

Police in the southern Athens district of Paleo Faliro have arrested a 38-year-old man suspected of raping a 14-year-old girl after allegedly luring her to his home through a social media advertisement. According to investigators, the man had posted an advert on Facebook seeking someone willing to »»»

Bulgaria and Turkiye are exploring opportunities to strengthen defence cooperation against the backdrop of the wars in Ukraine and Iran. The issue was discussed during a meeting between Bulgarian caretaker Prime Minister Andrey Gurov and Turkiye’s Ambassador to Bulgaria Mehmet Sait Uyanik at the Co»»»

PoliticsUkraineZelenskyy meets Macron as Iran war overshadows UkraineRana Taha with AFP, ReutersThe Ukrainian president is in Paris for talks with one of Kyiv's staunchest allies. The meeting comes as the US-Israeli war on Iran has removed pressure on Moscow, and derailed Ukraine peace talks. https»»»

The Trump administration doubled down on efforts to prevent the rising cost of oil becoming a full blown oil price shock by temporarily relaxing sanctions prohibiting the sale of Russian oil. Under a 30-day waiver, countries will now be able to buy oil currently aboard tankers, provided it was load»»»

Muscat: HM Sultan Haitham bin Tariq of Oman discussed Friday, in a phone call with German President, HE Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the developments of escalating military operations in the region and their implications for the security and stability of states. HE The German President expressed his co»»»

On Friday, the National Assembly elected former EBRD Board member Karina Karaivanova-Ganozova as Deputy Governor of the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB), heading the Issue Department. Her candidacy received 101 votes in favour, 28 votes against and 16 abstentions. Karaivanova subsequently took the oat»»»

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach is defending a new state law that invalidated the driver's licenses of trans residents against a lawsuit filed in Douglas County, Kan. File Photo by Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA March 13 (UPI) -- A new state law in Kansas has invalidated the driver's licenses and other gove»»»

Tunis, March 13, 2026 (TAP) — The call for applications for the “Train-the-Trainers (TtT) on Ecotourism and Circular Economy for a Sustainable Alliance” is open until March 23, 2026. Organized under the ReGnR project, the training session will be...»»»

Tunis, March 13 (TAP) - The stock market ended a series of three consecutive upward sessions. The benchmark index dipped by 0.55% on Friday to 15,413.59 points, on sustained turnover of TND 9.1 million, according to broker Tunisie Valeurs.STIP...»»»

Bulgarian Deputy Foreign Minister Radi Naydenov met with Emil Jacota, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Moldova, at Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry on March 12, the Ministry said in a press release on Friday. The two discussed the excellent bilateral relations between Bulg»»»

Caretaker Innovation and Growth Minister Irena Mladenova met with Japan's Ambassador to Bulgaria Chikahisa Sumi to discuss opportunities to deepen cooperation in investment, innovation, high technologies and digitalization, the ministry's press centre said on Friday. Mladenova stressed that Japan i»»»

WizzAir will open flight routes from Varna, on the Black Sea, to Barcelona, Athens, Paris Beauvais, Debrecen and Gdansk from June 15, Fraport Twin Star Airport Management said on Friday. Thus, the number of destinations WizzAir will operate from Varna Airport in the summer will increase to 23, note»»»

In the final quarter of 2025, farm gate prices for agricultural products across the European Union declined by nearly 1.9% compared to the same period in 2024, according to Eurostat. This follows a period of steady increases in the first three quarters of the year. Bulgaria, however, saw a slight r»»»

Canberra, Mar 13, 2026 (SANA) Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong announced on Friday that Australia has asked its non-essential officials in Lebanon to leave the country due to the deteriorating security situation in the region. According to Reuters, Wong said that a limited number of officials»»»