In a post published on x.com early Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine deeply values Bulgaria's support and friendship. In response to a letter from Bulgarian President Iliana Iotova, Zelenskyy said that the two countries have much to gain from deepening their bilat»»»

France is temporarily relaxing strict production rules for several iconic cheeses as drought and record heat leave pastures severely depleted. Producers of abondance, beaufort and comté can now use more imported fodder and grain to feed their cows, while other traditional cheeses will also receive »»»

Share: By Frank Andrews, Ramy Inocencio, CBS Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets with Qadir Nizamipour, deputy secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, in New Delhi, India, June 22, 2026. Javed Dar/Xinhua/Getty The language used Monday by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as he anno»»»

European Union trade in goods continued to expand in 2025, but imports grew faster than exports, reducing the bloc's overall trade surplus and exposing growing pressure on economies such as Bulgaria's. EU imports increased by 2.4% last year, while exports rose by just 1.9%, according to the figures»»»

RIYADH: Dubai has ranked first globally in attracting new greenfield foreign direct investment projects in the cultural and creative industries in 2025, retaining the top spot for a fourth consecutive year. The emirate attracted 754 new projects in the cultural and creative industries in 2025, rank»»»

Germany has ended the military mission of its advisers in Iraq’s semiautonomous northern Kurdish region after years of supporting the U.S.-led coalition’s efforts against Islamic State militants, the Kurdish region’s Ministry of Peshmerga Affairs said Wednesday. The ministry said it held an officia»»»

Dubai International Airport, one of the world's busiest travel hubs, said Wednesday it saw a sharp drop in passengers during the second quarter as the war with Iran disrupted air travel and prompted many travelers to choose routes that avoided the Middle East. The airport recorded 13 million passen»»»

JEDDAH: France has become the first country to sign a Participation Contract for Expo 2030 Riyadh, marking a step forward in preparations for the six-month event and the formalization of international participation. The agreement, signed in Paris by Talal Al-Marri, CEO of Expo 2030 Riyadh, and Jacq»»»

A total of 26 nominations have been submitted for the Judges Chamber and Prosecutors Chamber of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) from the parliamentary quota, Parliamentary Legal Affairs Committee Chair and Progressive Bulgaria MP Yanka Tyankova said at a news briefing in Parliament. The nominati»»»

Icelanders will vote in a referendum on Saturday whether to resume entry talks with the European Union amid growing global insecurity. Voters are not being asked to decide just yet if they want to join the 27-member bloc – only whether they want their government to neg»»»

RIYADH: French banking group BNP Paribas has received investment registration for a regional headquarters in Saudi Arabia, adding France’s biggest bank to a growing list of global financial institutions expanding in the Kingdom. The registration was announced after Saudi Investment Minister Fahad b»»»

Dob­rinka Kalcheva, a prosecutor at the Plovdiv Appellate Prosecution Office, has been nominated for election to the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) from the prosecutors’ quota, the Council said. Kalcheva has more than 28 years of legal experience, all within the judiciary. She began as an investiga»»»

Minehunters are particularly necessary to strengthen Bulgaria's capabilities, as the Navy currently has three and the acquisition of seven more would further develop those capabilities, Defence Minister Dimitar Stoyanov told Parlliament on Wednesday. Stoyanov was speaking during debates on a bill r»»»

Women's presence today in all areas of public life is the result of a long struggle for rights and equality, National Ombudsman Velislava Delcheva said in her address to participants at an international conference, "Women's Voices – Rights, Strength, Change", which opened in Kazanlak. Delcheva urge»»»

The US-led board overseeing the Gaza peace plan warned Hamas on Tuesday to halt militant activity, including flying kites, after Israel threatened retaliatory strikes. A Board of Peace official said Israel must also respect the ceasefire, limiting military action to responses to “genuine and immine»»»

Opposition parties "We Continue the Change" (PP) and "Democratic Bulgaria" (DB) are set to support Andrey Gyurov's bid for president and Georgi Kandev's candidacy for vice president, according to PP lawmaker Radoslav Ribarski. Speaking on NOVA NEWS, Ribarski said the two parties are expected to for»»»

Bulgaria's ruling majority, represented by Progressive Bulgaria (PB), the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) and Revival, rejected a request by Democratic Bulgaria (DB) to summon Economy, Investments and Industry Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Pulev to parliament over the Lukoil N»»»

Atomic Eagle (ASX: AEU; OTCQX: AEUXF) has agreed to terms with Niger for a new mining convention that would restore a 60% interest and operational control in the Madaouela uranium project, resolving a dispute that followed the withdrawal of the project’s mining permit in 2024. The Australian-listed»»»

Three drone incidents in 36 hours last week highlighted the growing security challenge facing Nato's Black Sea flank, culminating in Romania scrambling an F-16 to destroy an explosive-laden naval drone near the country's biggest new offshore gas project. European officials have warned that repeated»»»

Ukraine turned 35 on August 24 and its president spent the occasion asking for two things: money and missiles. Volodymyr Zelenskiy told reporters in Kyiv on August 23 that ballistic missile defence and war funding were Ukraine's "two major challenges". The defence ministry is carrying a budget shor»»»

Waste collection in Sofia's Poduyane, Slatina and Izgrev districts has been operating according to schedule since last week, Sofia Deputy Mayor for Environment Nikolay Nedelkov said at a briefing on Wednesday. Other services in Zone 3, including street washing, emptying of waste bins and sweeping, »»»

LONDON: It is almost 38 years since Pan Am Flight 103 was destroyed by a bomb, killing all 259 people on board and 11 residents of the Scottish town of Lockerbie, on Dec. 21, 1988. Now, with the news that the trial of the last remaining suspect in the bombing has been postponed, just days before it»»»

President Donald Trump's trade war with Canada is escalating as the midterm elections approach, threatening Republican efforts to address voters' economic concerns in a year when control of the U.S. Senate hinges on states along the border between the United States and its northern neighbor. The di»»»

The " economic onslaught " that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has declared on Iran's financial connections around the world may have one major caveat: China. Beijing is Iran's biggest trading partner and its leading oil buyer. While the U.S. is trying to isolate the Islamic Republic from its rem»»»

Lines have grown outside gas stations across Tehran in recent weeks as the United States has tightened its blockade and threatened more severe sanctions, with some people waiting for two hours or more to fill up. The uncertainty deepened on Tuesday, after U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent vowed»»»

Romania's civilian employed population shrank by one million people between 2008 and 2024?dropping from 8.7 million to 7.7 million?while the number of wage earners rose from 5.2 million to 5.8 million, according to an analysis by *Monitorul Social* (a project of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Romania»»»

Save Romania Union (USR) MP Claudiu Nasui announced on Tuesday that he had accepted an invitation from Moldova's new Prime Minister Vasile Tofan to take up the office of Minister of Economy. The decision means giving up his parliamentary mandate in Romania.Nasui, who previously served as Romania's »»»

The integrity law will be assessed as part of Romania's sixth and final payment request under the Recovery and Resilience Facility, which has not yet submitted by the authorities, the European Commission said in a statement, noting that its services remain engaged in technical discussions with Buch»»»

President Maia Sandu invited Romania's president Nicusor Dan and Ukraine's president Volodimir Zelenski to participate on August 27 in the events devoted to the celebration of 35 years of Moldova's independence, Radio Chisinau and Deschide.md informed. On Thursday, Moldova will mark 35 years since »»»

Bulgaria is not part of the “Coalition of the Willing” because of its distinct historical and geopolitical profile as a Balkan, Orthodox and Slavic country that uses the Cyrillic alphabet, according to Progressive Bulgaria MP Anton Kutev. Speaking to Bulgarian National Television on Tuesday, Kutev »»»

Three drone incidents in 36 hours last week highlighted the growing security challenge facing Nato's Black Sea flank, culminating in Romania scrambling an F-16 to destroy an explosive-laden naval drone near the country's biggest new offshore gas project. European officials have warned that repeated»»»

Ukraine has taken delivery of a consignment of “some” Patriot interceptor missiles but still does not have enough to defend itself, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in Kyiv on August 25. "To be honest, some Patriot missiles have also arrived. I cannot say how many, but some. We need more," he sai»»»

SpaceX unveiled plans on Tuesday for a $100 billion rocket launch complex in southern Louisiana, its largest yet, aimed at supporting Starship and AI satellite missions. The 125,000-acre Starbase Louisiana site on Pecan Island could eventually handle thousands of Starship launches annually, the com»»»

US singer-songwriter, actress, businesswoman and philanthropist Dolly Parton died on Tuesday at the age of 80, her family said in a statement. The prolific songwriter released 49 studio albums, more than 100 compilation and collorabative albums, won 10 Grammys and 13 Academy of Country Mu»»»

Mazloum Abdi, the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Tuesday announced the dissolution of the group in a televised speech from the presidential palace in Damascus. The dissolution followed the integration of SDF fighters into the Syrian military, said Abd»»»

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday ordered security agencies to conduct a rescue operation after the mass kidnapping of worshippers during an attack on a mosque in the north-central Niger State last week. Local authorities were still trying to verify the number of missing people, but local r»»»

A Ukrainian drone hits the Ozon warehouse in Orenburg and sets it on fire.  Ukrainian drones have hit four Ozon logistics centres in three days, opening a second front in Operation Wildberries campaign that has spent the summer burning Russia's biggest online retailer. The run began on August »»»

Washington DC [US], August 26 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (local time) mourned the death of country music legend Dolly Parton, who passed away at the age of 80, and announced that the American flag would be lowered throughout the United States for one week in her honour. In a post o»»»

Canada on Tuesday announced retaliatory tariffs on C$27.6 billion ($19.94 billion) worth of US goods, including steel and dairy products, in a dollar-for-dollar response to President Donald Trump's punitive tariffs on Canadian products. Ottawa also announced a C$7.5 billion aid package for imp»»»

Philadelphia: Two unvaccinated Pennsylvania residents have died from measles, the first U.S. deaths this year related to the contagious virus. State health officials announced the deaths Tuesday. They did not reveal any details about the people who died, other than that they lived in Lancaster Coun»»»

An electric reconnaissance drone was found in the Black Sea off the Bulgarian coast between Tsarevo and the village of Varvara, the Ministry of Defence said Tuesday. According to the Ministry, the drone was harmless. A specialized team from the Burgas Naval Base was tasked on Tuesday with identifyi»»»

AI-related companies now dominate major stock indexes, making portfolio diversification increasingly difficult, according to investment experts. ECB economists have warned that the AI-driven rally could eventually lead to a market correction, particularly as exposure extends beyond technology and c»»»

At least 47 people were killed in a farming community near Port-au-Prince after the area was attacked by a gang coalition. For the gang, the goal is to get their hands on a highly strategic area near the Haitian capital. But how could they have led such a violent attack? FRANCE 24's Catherine Norri»»»

Iranian state media has aired a video that appears to threaten the life of Barron Trump, US President Donald Trump's youngest son. Since the start of the war in February, Iranian media have on multiple occasions circulated content threatening the president and family members.  The US»»»

As its trade war with the US deepens, Canada is imposing tariffs on US goods in retaliation for tariffs introduced in the past few days on its goods. Ottawa has also announced a multi-billion aid package for workers and has called on Canadians to buy local to help domestic industries. FRANCE 24's C»»»

French astronaut Sophie Adenot is exiting the International Space Station for the second time in just a week. The rare double occurrence is taking place as astronauts on the ISS are looking to finish repairs on their ship. FRANCE 24's James André tells us more on the repairs to be done and how to p»»»

Dubai: Dubai ranked first globally for the number of greenfield foreign direct investment (FDI) projects in cultural and creative industries (CCIs) for the fourth consecutive year, attracting 754 projects in 2025, according to Financial Times Ltd.’s fDi Markets data. The projects generated 19,304 n»»»

Eve Irvine is pleased to welcome Ronita Bardhan, Professor of Sustainable Built Environment and Health at the University of Cambridge. Extreme heat is no longer simply a question of climate exposure. It is a question of thermal safety, public health, energy security, urban design and inequality, ex»»»

CIA Director John Ratcliffe ​visited Russia to attend meetings in Moscow on Tuesday, according to two US media outlets, in what is believed to be Ratcliffe's first known trip to Russia since taking over as US spy chief. The reported visit comes as US-brokered talks aimed at ending the Ukraine war h»»»

The video of a Ukrainian cyclist being targeted and killed by a short-range drone posted – and later deleted – by the Russian military Friday left viewers outraged and shaken. But it’s not the first time that Russian drone operators have been accused of terrorising Ukrainian civilians by deliberate»»»