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Bansko marked 113 years since its liberation on Saturday. The Bulgarian city began celebrations earlier in the week with a photo exhibition showing the first days and years of freedom that arrived in the Pirin region 34 years late. The Museum Complex in Bansko maintains an archive of photos...

War veterans in Harare prevented a Chinese national from seizing their land after a surveyor general confirmed the properties were separate. The former liberation fighters from Takunda Freedom Fighters Housing Cooperative Society hold residential plots on 113 hectares in the Stoneridge area that...

Intel plans to release 12 processor variants in its first Panther Lake batch, according to leaked information from the Chiphell forum. The lineup will feature four Core Ultra X chips, four standard Core Ultra processors, and four low-power U-series models. The Core Ultra X family will offer up...

Apple plans to release smart glasses in 2027 after shifting focus from a second-generation Vision Pro, according to Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman. The company has allocated resources to develop the spectacles, which may be announced in 2026 to allow developers time to prepare applications. The...

Bulgaria opened a 10-kilometer stretch of the Hemus highway between Boaza and Dermantsi road junctions to vehicles under 12 tons on Sunday morning. Regional Development Minister Ivan Ivanov and mandate holder Boyko Borisov planned to inspect the route that begins at the 88-kilometer mark and...

North Macedonia offered assistance to Bulgaria after flooding killed four people and displaced residents across multiple regions. President Gordana Siljanovska called President Rumen Radev to express condolences and pledge support for recovery operations. Radev thanked his counterpart on the...

Organizers planned a march through central Sofia on Sunday to demonstrate support for Palestinians. The procession was scheduled to begin at noon near the National Palace of Culture before proceeding along Vitosha Boulevard to the Council of Ministers building. Fares Fares from the Al-Quds...

Former Culture Minister Vezhdi Rashidov told a program that the arts remain marginalized despite effective governance under the current leadership. Rashidov said he spent years drafting legislation with colleagues, but added that cultural preservation remains critical to national identity. The...

A mother and her infant son sustained burns after a ruptured tanker hose sprayed them with 88-degree mineral water in Erma Reka village earlier this week. The Sofia resident suffered first through third-degree injuries as she walked with her 1-year-old child near a spa hotel where workers filled...

MEP Tsvetelina Penkova told the program that ending PACE monitoring after 27 years represents a significant achievement for Bulgaria. The Socialist and Democrat group member said the country gains equal status with other member states under the general rule of law monitoring instead of special...

Radoslav Ribarski from We Continue the Change demanded criminal prosecution over the Botas contract while condemning institutional failures after Black Sea flooding killed four people. The deputy Energy Committee chairman said the government allocated 43 million leva for ravine cleanup following...

Authorities discovered a fourth flood victim in the Elenite resort after locating a woman's body inside an apartment. Her Russian husband reported losing contact with his 58-year-old wife after being unable to reach their home. Police and fire crews accessed previously unreachable villas as...

Heavy equipment entered the Elenite holiday village to excavate mud, stones, and trees deposited by floodwaters as authorities prepared for forecasted rainfall. Tsarevo Mayor Marin Kirov reported that recently constructed infrastructure withstood the disaster, but peripheral damage occurred...

Bulgarian bailiffs collect 100 percent of small utility debts through compulsory judicial enforcement, while Serbian counterparts recover only 5 percent this way. The Bulgarian Chamber of Private Enforcement Agents presented statistics at a working meeting with Serbian officials in Belgrade...

CITUB President Plamen Dimitrov addressed budget concerns on NovaNews while acknowledging deficit warnings above 5 percent and inflation despite projected revenue increases of 6 billion leva. Dimitrov criticized tight tax forecasts aimed at achieving a 3 percent deficit target, but he defended...

Former Health Minister Petar Moskov told NOVA NEWS that Bulgaria's parliament offers no genuine governance alternative, as both government and opposition pursue creeping socialism toward state bankruptcy. Moskov linked Black Sea flooding deaths to state dysfunction, arguing right-wing...

A mother and her one-year-old son suffered burns from boiling mineral water after a tanker hose ruptured in Erma Reka village earlier this week. The woman sustained first through third-degree burns as she walked near a spa hotel where a driver was filling tanks with 88-degree water. The stroller...

Nikolay Denkov blamed recent flooding on construction rule violations after addressing journalists at a Youth for Change meeting in Sofia. The PP executive council member said deaths result from ignoring building regulations, not just corruption. Denkov compared the situation to poorly...

Sofia Mayor Vasil Terziev announced the formation of an organization to handle garbage collection in the Lyulin and Krasno Selo districts after refusing to sign a contract with inflated prices. Terziev rejected a 420-leva cleaning rate when the current services cost 144 leva, and the procurement...

Nessebar municipality Mayor Nikolay Dimitrov declined to confirm whether illegal construction exists in the Elenite holiday village. He told reporters that the focus remains on helping people affected by the disaster. Dimitrov defended the municipality's preparedness when questioned about...