Bulgaria Celebrates National Awakeners Day

Sofia, Nov. 01 (BTA/GNA) – On November 1, Bulgaria marks National Awakeners Day commemorating its writers, scholars, educators and freedom-fighters. The day is marked…

Cotton Expert: Bulgaria Offers Good Conditions for Growing Cotton, Decent Livelihood to Farmers

Sofia, Oct. 29 (BTA/GNA) – In Bulgaria there are areas with favourable soil and climatic conditions for cotton cultivation – in the southern regions…

Flour Mill in Sofia Boasts Bulgaria’s Largest Graffito

Sofia, Oct 28 (BTA/GNA) – The nine grain silos of Austrian-owned GoodMills Bulgaria in Sofia have provided a 3,600 sq m “canvas” for Bulgaria’s…

Bulgaria, Reporters Without Borders Agree to Cooperate in Fight Against Misinformation

Brussels, Oct. 27(GNA/BTA)- Following a meeting with Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov on Thursday in Brussels, the non-governmental organisation Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans…

French interior minister: 719 anti-Semitic events since Hamas attack

Paris, Oct. 27, (dpa/GNA) – French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin on Thursday said that there have been 719 anti-Semitic incidents in France since the…

Over 300 salmonella cases in EU likely linked to chicken meat

Copenhagen, Oct. 27, (dpa/GNA) – The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said Thursday that a salmonella outbreak linked to chicken meat…

Putin demands greater effort and results from Russian space agency

Moscow, Oct. 27, (dpa/GNA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday demanded his country’s space industry produce more commercially successful work at a faster…

Hundreds of UK lawyers warn PM: serious human rights breaches in Gaza

London, Oct. 27, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – Hundreds of UK-based lawyers have sent an open letter to the Prime Minister to “act urgently” as they…

Hamas authorities report 481 dead in Gaza Strip in 24 hours

Geneva, Oct. 27, (dpa/GNA) – In the Gaza Strip, 481 people are reported to have died from Israeli rocket attacks in 24 hours, according…

EU calls for ‘humanitarian corridors and pauses’ in Gaza

Brussels, Oct. 27, (dpa/GNA) – European Union leaders on Thursday called for “humanitarian corridors and pauses” in Gaza to allow for badly needed supplies…

Conference on New Genomic Techniques, Future of Modern Agriculture Takes Place in Sofia

Sofia, Oct 26 (BTA/GNA) – Agriculture Minister Kiril Vatev Thursday opened a conference in Sofia on new genomic techniques and the future of modern…

Sixteen injured after Russian drone attack in western Ukraine 

Kiev, Oct. 25, (dpa/GNA) - Falling debris from an intercepted Russian drone has injured 16 people in the Khmelnytskyi region of western Ukraine.  “In the Shepetivka district,…

Hundreds flee advancing bushfires in Australia’s Queensland, one dead 

Sydney, Oct. 25, (dpa/GNA) - Out-of-control bushfires have destroyed five houses and burned out 8,000 hectares of land in the eastern Australian state of Queensland, while the…

Kozloduy NPP to Have New Reactor in 2033

Sofia, Oct 25 (BTA/GNA) – The construction of the seventh reactor unit of the Kozloduy nuclear power plant (NPP) will start on Wednesday by…

European Parliament Hosts Photo Exhibition Presenting Prehistoric Salt-Mining Settlement at Provadia

Brussels, Oct 24 (BTA/GNA) – Photos of archaeological finds from the prehistoric salt-mining settlement at Provadia, Northeastern Bulgaria went on display at the European…

Kremlin denies internet report of Putin ‘heart attack’

Moscow, Oct 24, (dpa/GNA) – The Kremlin has officially denied an internet report, which claimed President Vladimir Putin, suffered a heart attack. “There is…

Police arrest man in connection with Luton Airport fire

London, Oct 23, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – A man has been arrested, in connection with a massive fire that caused a car park at Luton…

Man shot dead by police during hostage situation in Norway

Oslo, Oct 23, (dpa/GNA) – A man has been shot by the police, during a hostage situation in Norway. According to the police, he…

Kremlin denies involvement in Baltic Sea pipeline damage

Berlin, Oct 23, (dpa/GNA) – Moscow has denied any involvement in the damage to the gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea, between Finland and…

Bulgaria: Unless Lukoil Pays BGN 1,500 Mln-Plus in Delinquent Taxes, Charges, Exemption for Import of Russian Oil Will Be Removed

Sofia, Oct 23, (BTA/GNA) – Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov has assured the parliamentary groups of the ruling majority that Lukoil told his office…