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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...

Varna's mayor walked back into city hall after spending nearly five months locked up, and the guy wasted zero time calling out what he sees as coordinated attacks against the fundraiser that covered his release costs. Kotsev told reporters his family took the worst of it during the whole mess...

Ninova ripped into Bulgaria's spending proposal, accusing officials of lying about having zero other options. The plan raises insurance payments for ordinary workers while boosting politicians' paychecks and funding questionable construction like an 8-kilometer road segment with a 2-billion-leva...

Bulgaria's government is trying to get its budget process back on track after protests made them hit pause last week. Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov met with business groups and labor unions, and they apparently found some middle ground on the numbers. The next big powwow happens with all four...

Bulgaria's defense chief, Atanas Zapryanov, is heading to Brussels for some EU military meetings. The agenda covers sending more ammo and gear to Ukraine's troops, plus they're gonna talk about ramping up Europe's weapons manufacturing through a couple of funding programs. Ministers will also...

Cross River's current governor threw a whole appreciation night for four dudes who ran the state before him, and they basically gushed about how he's actually bringing everyone together instead of causing beef. The ceremony went down at the carnival kickoff, where Bassey Otu handed out awards to...

A village in Delta State is beefing with the government after some real estate company allegedly tried grabbing their farmland without sorting out payment or negotiations first. Issele-Azagba community leaders told reporters that Cubana Millennium Estate rolled onto almost 1.3 kilometers of...

Six dudes wearing veils rolled up to Tudun-Fulani village in Niger State and tried snatching a woman named Hadiza Alh. Mande from her house. She bolted when they showed up, but they shot her while she was running away. Police and local vigilantes got there pretty quick after people called for...

The Arewa Consultative Forum is pushing back hard after a video went viral claiming they want to give bandits the same amnesty deal that militants got during the Niger Delta situation years back. Their publicity guy said someone clipped an interview with their board chairman out of context to...

Ondo State just opened up a new command center and training spot for their Amotekun security crew to level up how they handle crime. Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa said the setup will help coordination and make officers sharper on tactics, and he gave props to Commander Adetunji Adeleye for getting...

Nigeria's National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, showed up at the Catholic Bishop's place in Kontagora to tell families that the 265 kidnapped students and teachers from St Mary's are still alive. He said President Tinubu canceled his travel plans to deal with the mess, and countries like the...

Governor Monday Okpebholo walked back the drama around yanking Presco's land after the palm oil company got slapped with a revocation notice for 13,545 hectares last week. The governor met with chairman Rasheed Sarumi and managing director Raji George at Government House in Benin City, and he...

Otunba Segun Showunmi from the Alternative Movement wants Tinubu to cut Nnamdi Kanu loose through some kind of political deal instead of letting him rot in prison. A federal judge handed the IPOB leader a life sentence after convicting him on terrorism charges for radio broadcasts that...