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VSL dropped their sixth Duality Strings pack focused on ostinato patterns, and the company went hard on avoiding that robotic loop vibe everyone hates. The Synchron Player reassembles individual notes pulled from actual ensemble performances in real time instead of just cycling through...

Myanmar folks living in South Korea who filled out their voting paperwork can hit up the Seoul embassy to cast ballots for the 2025 general election. The spot opens for two days with a six-hour window, and people need to bring their passport or national ID card to actually vote. Similar advance...

PP-DB is dropping a no-confidence motion against the cabinet over economic policy that basically pushed the masses into the streets. Bozhidar Bozhanov says the budget was just the breaking point for how badly they screwed over regular workers and companies, while Nikolay Denkov from the...

A 34-year-old guy walked out on bail after his car slammed into a police vehicle and killed an officer on the Northern Tangent. Miroslav Vassilev was doing 149 kilometers per hour when it happened, and prosecutors wanted him locked up because they figured he might pull something else while...

Bulgaria's Economy Minister Petar Dilov met with Egyptian officials in Cairo to talk up partnership opportunities, hitting meetings with Deputy PM Kamel al-Wazir and Defense Minister Abdul Majid Saqr. The countries are eyeing deeper ties in cars, military manufacturing, and shipping ahead of...

MECH party says they'll back the no-confidence vote against the cabinet that PP-DB is cooking up. Party boss Radostin Vassilev went off on Interior Minister Daniel Mitov after his hearing, saying the guy blamed literally everyone else for protest chaos instead of taking responsibility. Mitov...

Ivaylo Mirchev from Yes Bulgaria and PP-DB claims Delyan Peevski tried getting signatures to dodge Magnitsky sanctions by supporting armored vehicle transfers to Ukraine. The politician says Peevski literally had his secretary hand over a phone mid-session in the plenary hall, asking for...

A mother says her son, Nikolay Aleksiev, got beaten by cops during a protest in Sofia and was locked up without proper cause. Desislava Aleksieva told reporters that Nikolai had to stitch up his own head at a hospital after the violence, and he went back to the demonstration before getting...

Bulgarian cops are putting extra officers on the streets for Student Holiday after checking over 500 party venues and finding 79 fire safety violations at spots missing extinguishers or proper documentation. Traffic Police Commissioner Maria Boteva said officers will be watching for drunk...

European Chief Prosecutor Laura Kovesi showed up in Sofia to officially open the European Public Prosecutor's Office branch and thanked Justice Minister Georgi Georgiev for hooking them up with workspace. The new offices are set up in the old MRF party building on Stamboliyski Boulevard...

Chief Commissioner Lyubomir Nikolov told lawmakers that Sofia police tracked around 170 potential troublemakers before the massive protest even started, and officers kept tabs on suspects who might try starting beef with cops. Field manager Georgiev warned organizers multiple times that their...

Political analyst Georgi Harizanov told BNT that lawmakers are human beings and people should remember that basic fact. He said the coming days will show whether budget issues actually drove the recent protests or if something else was happening under the surface. Harizanov thinks figuring out...

Journalist Petko Georgiev says GERB leader Boyko Borisov is spinning the protest demands his way as usual, but people want resignations, and keeping up the pressure could eventually force government officials out. Political PR guy Nidal Algafari thinks Borisov took way longer than he should have...

Andrew Makahamadze scored the Kiran Jack Floating Trophy for actually doing stuff in his Southerton constituency instead of just talking about it. The award honors people who quietly help communities out, and Makahamadze apparently helped over 100,000 women and young people start chicken farming...

ZANU-PF's Harare branch held a meeting to check if anyone actually followed through on promises made during their zone gatherings, and provincial chairman Godwills Masimirembwa says they're moving past talking points into real action. The party committed to building health facilities, setting up...

ZANU-PF's Chris Mutsvangwa says the United States Congress is about to debate dumping ZIDERA sanctions from 2001, and he thinks Zimbabwe finally won the propaganda war. The IMF and World Bank are projecting six percent economic growth this year, which apparently proves President Mnangagwa's...

President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa told ZANU-PF politburo members to start executing the party conference decisions, which apparently means pushing through the 2030 agenda that keeps him in power two extra years past his constitutional end date in 2028. Party insiders think the whole thing is...

Retired General Philip Valerio Sibanda might be getting tapped to replace Vice President Kembo Mohadi after President Mnangagwa pushed him out of his Commander of the Defence Forces gig and gave it to General Matutu. Political analyst Chipo Musarurwa Siziba thinks this personnel shuffle is part...

Moses Mpofu told the court he feels bad about the Presidential Goat Scheme flopping and apologized to President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, while his partner, Mike Chimombe, is offering to pay back the government. The two businessmen got convicted for scamming the state out of millions through...

The Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road rehab project has employed over 800 people, with more than 80 percent coming from nearby towns and villages along the route. Minister Richard Moyo and Engineer Joy Makumbe from the Transport Ministry said contractors are hitting their deadlines, and the quality...