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The Tatmadaw hospital ship Thanlwin rolled up to Ngayokkaung in Ayeyawady Region with mobile doctors, and local officials, plus residents showed up to greet the crew. Medical teams set up at the station hospital and treated 475 people for various health issues, ranging from general checkups to...

Myanmar's under-17 squad punched their ticket to the 2026 AFC U-17 Asian Cup after grinding out a 2-2 draw against Syria at Thuwunna. Senior General Min Aung Hlaing handed the team 100 million kyat for locking down qualification after nearly two decades away from the tournament. The match pulled...

Myanmar's government keeps hitting Shwe Kokko and KK Park with demolition crews, tearing down buildings linked to online scam operations. The joint forces knocked down six more structures in KK Park's Section 3, bringing the total demo count to 276 buildings across both zones. At Shwe Kokko...

Sagaing Region's Chief Minister Myat Kyaw rolled through Monywa to check out voter list prep for next year's election. The crew watched local officials do door-to-door household verification in Aung Chantha Ward and Yongyi Ward, making sure everything's tight for the multiparty democratic vote...

Myanmar's under-22 squad jetted off to Thailand to compete in the football tournament at the upcoming SEA Games. Team administrator Soe Myat Min said the group has been grinding since March with friendly matches and tournament prep under head coach Kurosaki. The roster has 23 players plus 13...

Another round of budget protests clogged central Sofia as thousands packed the government district to demand officials scrap next year's spending plan and start over from scratch. Police threw up nine checkpoints around parliament and nearby buildings while opposition types warned about possible...

Opposition leaders told crowds outside government buildings that the spending plan needs to get scrapped completely, and Assen Vassilev said the ruling coalition loses any right to run the country if they push this thing through anyway. His colleague Ivaylo Mirchev blamed the whole mess on...

College kids kicked off anti-budget demonstrations in Blagoevgrad by packing the square outside city hall and yelling about corruption. Organizers told the crowd they were pumped about the turnout and promised everyone's voices would actually get heard this time around. Cops showed up in force...

Medical volunteers from a group called Future in Bulgaria are bringing first-aid gear to the budget protests, and they packed supplies for tear-gas exposure just in case things get messy. The doctors said peaceful protesters can spot them by their medical masks and gloves while they work the...

Protests fired up across a dozen Bulgarian cities as opposition leaders and demonstrators clashed with the government over budget plans. Reform party chiefs got into it with Borisov outside parliament after he claimed last week's rally belonged to business groups rather than political movements...

Bulgaria locked in natural gas at 63 leva per megawatt-hour for the next billing cycle, which works out to about 32 euros before tacking on transmission fees and taxes. State supplier Bulgargaz will move product to retail companies and heating plants at this rate, marking a drop of roughly 4...

Sofia cops are throwing up security checkpoints all over the government district ahead of another protest, and the police chief said they heard chatter about potential troublemakers showing up to start problems. Officers will screen people who caused drama at previous demonstrations and search...

Lab tests caught elevated uranium levels in tap water across multiple towns near Plovdiv, and officials told people to stop drinking or cooking with it immediately. The contamination hit Parvomay, Gradina, Krushevo, and Bolyarino, with readings pushing past the 30-microgram safety threshold that...

Bulgarian workers pulled in an average of 2,549 leva per month during the third quarter, marking a 12-percent jump from the same stretch last year. Sofia residents crushed that number by nearly 25 percent, hitting 3,474 leva, while places like Targovishte and Silistra saw wages spike close to 20...

European prosecutors are dragging Varna's ex-mayor Ivan Portnih and former regional boss Stoyan Pasev to court over allegedly faking paperwork to score 3.4 million euros for fixing up a port that does not actually exist. Stella Nikolova from the opposition dropped the tip to EU authorities after...

Professor Mihail Konstantinov and journalist Emilia Milcheva told viewers that weak opposition basically gives the government free rein to do whatever, and street demonstrations right now lack clear demands or endgames. Konstantinov admitted he cannot figure out what protesters actually want...

Sofia cops are setting up security checkpoints ahead of another budget protest, with the police chief saying they got intel about potential troublemakers planning to start problems. Officers will screen people who caused issues at previous demonstrations, and they want protest organizers to help...

Former deputy Guncheva thinks parliament turned into a middle-school roast battle instead of actually passing laws, and she doubts most lawmakers even cracked open the 718-page budget document that sparked street protests. Defense spending got nearly triple what education received, which...

Journalist Ruja Raicheva called out Borisov for basically pretending to pull the budget when he just promised some quick edits instead. The guy clearly hates it when crowds turn against him, and opposition parties either backed his move or stayed completely silent. Raicheva thinks officials are...

Former finance guy Lyubomir Datsov called out the whole 10-day budget revision fantasy, pointing out that hundreds of staffers spend eight months crunching numbers for these things. He basically said the government wants to balance opposite economic and political priorities, which means the...