Blagoevgrad is a city of young people that connects the past with the present and future, President Iliana Iotova said at a historical re-enactment on Saturday. She spoke at the official opening of Gorna Dzhumaya Street: People, Houses and Pageantry, part of commemorations marking the 114th anniver»»»

Bulgaria remains open to talks with North Macedonia without ultimatums or departures from European Union policy, President Iliana Iotova told journalists on Saturday. "Bulgaria is a full member of the European Union, and we cannot allow a country on the path to EU membership to reject the EU's valu»»»

The heartland of the First Bulgarian Empire is divided into three parts, but Bulgarian is still spoken in each, Vazrazhdane leader Kostadin Kostadinov said on Saturday. He was commenting on the return of Tsar Samuel's remains to present-day Bulgaria in a statement circulated by the party's press of»»»

Media in North Macedonia linked Saturday's transfer of Tsar Samuel's remains from Greece to Bulgaria to disputes over shared history and what they described as political pressure on Skopje. "Tsar Samuel's Remains Arrive in Bulgaria: Messages of 'Shared History' and Blackmail against (North) Macedon»»»

RIYADH: Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to Saudi Arabia Yakubu N. Gambo has asserted that Nigeria-Saudi bilateral relations extend beyond cultural ties, and that the Kingdom is not only a valued bilateral partner, but a strategic partner in the efforts to accelerate sustainable develo»»»

Romania officially submitted its final payment request under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) to the European Commission on Wednesday evening, with a total value of 6.04 billion euros, interim Minister for European Funds Dragos Pislaru announced."Just a few minutes ago, at around 21»»»

Share: Deputy Director-General of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Beth Bechdol speaks during an interview with AFP in Beirut on October 1, 2026. (AFP) The deputy director-general of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization said Thursday that she was “deeply concerned” about the i»»»

Representatives of Bulgarian organisations in the Republic of North Macedonia attended a meeting of the National Assembly’s Committee on Policies for Bulgarians Abroad on Thursday, at the invitation of its Chair, Angel Georgiev. The meeting focused on a proposal to include Bulgarians in North Maced»»»

Parliament's Committee on Policies for Bulgarians Abroad on Thursday heard Foreign Ministry representatives over North Macedonia's refusal to allow Committee Chair and Vazrazhdane MP Angel Georgiev to enter the country o September 27. Georgiev was travelling to North Macedonia as part of a Bulgaria»»»

President Iliana Iotova on Wednesday welcomed the agreement between Bulgaria and Greece for the return of the remains attributed to medieval Bulgarian ruler Tsar Samuel, describing it as a major achievement for the Bulgarian Government and diplomacy. Speaking to journalists before a concert marking»»»

President Iliana Iotova on Wednesday welcomed the agreement between Bulgaria and Greece for the return of the remains attributed to medieval Bulgarian ruler Tsar Samuel, describing it as a major achievement for the Bulgarian Government and diplomacy. Speaking to journalists before a concert marking»»»

No single topic dominates Wednesday’s print media. The top news in online media and TV morning shows is that a businessman has been shot dead in Plovdiv (South Central Bulgaria), as well as that Greece will return the remains of Bulgaria's Tsar Samuel to Sofia. HOME AFFAIRS Segabg.com reports that »»»

The Foreign Ministry summoned North Macedonia’s charge d’affaires in Sofia over the refusal to admit MP Angel Georgiev into North Macedonia, the ministry press service said on Tuesday. Georgiev chairs the parliamentary Committee on Policies for Bulgarians Abroad. According to the Ministry, he was r»»»

BELGRADE - A total 4,346,691 foreign tourists, the majority of whom were Turkish citizens, visited Serbia in 2025, staying in the country for an average 2.8 days, according to figures released by the national statistical office RZS. The visitors generated a total 12,282,212 overnight stays, mostly »»»

The Council of Ministers has adopted a decree to organize an international conference at ministerial level, dedicated to the development and strategic importance of Pan-European Corridor VIII, which will be held on October 7 and 8 in Sofia. The forum will be attended by ministers, high-ranking repr»»»

Paris, France: Tom Cruise is taking on one of his riskiest roles in decades, tackling the politics of climate change and corporate greed in new film "Digger" which sees him play an embattled, ageing tycoon. Backed by a reported budget of $130 million and an advertising blitz, the dark comedy from m»»»

Máté Hajba is the director of Hungary’s Free Market Foundation, which has published a new report examining what it calls “circular lobbying” in Brussels: public institutions funding NGOs that, among their activities, seek to influence the policies of those same institutions. The report examines nin»»»

Talks falter as Drumcree parade dispute deepens in Portadown The UK's Northern Ireland minister Monday admitted that talks to overcome a dispute about a contentious pro-British Protestant parade through a mainly Catholic area had so far failed to resolve one of the region's worst crises in decades.»»»

Bulgaria's Constitutional Court will hold an international conference at the Central Military Club in Sofia on October 15 to mark its 35th anniversary, the court reported on Monday. The forum will be the conclusion of a series of events marking the development of constitutional justice in Bulgaria.»»»

RIYADH: All six members of Saudi Arabia’s team won medals at the 19th Junior Balkan Olympiad in Informatics in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the Kingdom’s first participation in the competition. The Saudi students won four silver and two bronze at the JBOI event, which included 90 participan»»»

Appeal court clears flashpoint march, sparking political and community backlash UK leaders called for calm Sunday as a tense standoff with residents seeking to halt a pro-British Protestant march through a Catholic flashpoint area stretched into the night, in one of the worst crises for Northern Ir»»»

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam insisted at the U.N. on the need to "avert the vacuum" that would be caused by withdrawing the peacekeeping mission deployed in the country's south without a viable replacement. Under U.S. pressure, the U.N. Security Council decided last month to fix December as the end o»»»

Bulgaria expects North Macedonia to fulfill its commitments and make the necessary changes to advance its path toward EU membership, states a position by the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The statement came after North Macedonia's Foreign Minister Timco Mucunski said the EU should take par»»»

Bulgaria had no chance to raise reservations or propose changes to a UN declaration supporting Ukraine, President Iliana Yotova said in a Facebook post, explaining why she was not present when the statement was adopted in New York. Information emerged yesterday that Bulgaria was among the countries»»»

Bulgaria: - Day of the Bulgarian Armed Forces signals and information support troops. - Day of Dobrich (Northeastern Bulgaria). On this date in Bulgarian history: 1396: At Nikopol, Sultan Bayazid defeats West European crusaders led by Hungarian King Sigismund and leads Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Stratsimi»»»

Bulgaria has joined a joint declaration at the United Nations supporting Ukraine and condemning Russia’s war of aggression, according to the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The statement, presented in New York ahead of a UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine, is backed by 51 nations and the»»»

Bulgaria's President Iliana Yotova has called for Russia and Ukraine to take part in discussions on Europe's post-war security and for the European Union to play a more active role in resolving the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, during her address to the 81st session of the UN General As»»»

Nako Stefanov is a presidential candidate in the upcoming elections on October 25, according to a decision by the Central Election Commission. He was put forward by a nomination committee alongside vice-presidential candidate Nina Lambova. Stefanov was born in Sofia on June 19, 1954. He holds the a»»»

Europe and the European Union have been largely absent from discussions on Ukraine and the Middle East at the UN General Assembly, President Iliana Yotova said in New York, where the 81st session of the UN General Assembly opened and Bulgaria is represented by her. Yotova is expected to deliver Bul»»»

President Iliana Iotova said early on Wednesday, Bulgarian time, that she expected the European Union to play a greater role in resolving the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. Iotova spoke to Bulgarian journalists in New York, where she is taking part in the general debate of the UN General»»»

The Monetary Council of the Magyar Nemzeti Bank (MNB) left the base rate unchanged at 5.50 percent at its Tuesday meeting, the central bank announced. The two edges of the interest rate corridor also remained unchanged: the overnight (O/N) deposit rate stands at 4.50 percent, while the upper edge o»»»

Academics, diplomats, researchers, and experts from Albania, China, Italy, and North Macedonia gathered in Tirana on September 18 for the international conference "Observing Contemporary China from the Balkans: Dialogue and Reflections." The event, also attended by Albanian Daily News’ chief editor»»»

Hungary’s central bank has decided to lower its medium-term inflation target from 3 per cent to 2.5 per cent from 2028, a move that could support Hungary euro adoption by bringing domestic monetary policy closer to conditions prevailing in the euro area. However, several other economic, fiscal and »»»

Globalworth, one of the leading office investors in Central and Eastern Europe, announces the signing of a lease agreement with B+N Integrated Facility Services, part of the international facility management company LIWO Group, which operates across nine European countries. B+N will occupy approxim»»»

Geneva: Switzerland will have to play their next four Nations League matches without captain Granit Xhaka, who admitted Monday to having used a forged Covid vaccine certificate during the pandemic. The 33-year-old midfielder admitted on his social media channels Monday that he had presented a forge»»»

Inspectors from the Border Control Directorate of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) detained more than two tonnes of yogurt originating from the Republic of North Macedonia during an official control inspection at the Gyueshevo border crossing, the Agency said. During an inspection of a truck»»»

EU affairs ministers will hold a debate on Tuesday (22 September) on the next EU budget for 2028–2034, in the run up to the October’s European Council summit of leaders in Brussels. The 27 ministers will also hold the annual rule-of-law dialogue, including on Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, a»»»

The US has decided to redirect $52 million in foreign military financing to four countries in South America, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday. The funds, which subsidize purchases of American military equipment, are being reallocated from Slovakia, North Macedonia, Tunisia, and Iraq to Pana»»»

DOHA: Leaders’ Forum Qatar (LFQ), a prominent community-based forum, celebrated Engineers’ Day at Maestro Hall, Skills Development Centre, Doha, bringing together senior professionals, young engineers, and members of the Indian community. The programme was presided over by P N Babu Rajan, former Pr»»»