Lampedusa camp overcrowded as some 2,000 more boat migrants arrive

Rome, Sept. 12, (dpa/GNA) – More than 2,000 migrants have arrived by boat on the small Mediterranean island of Lampedusa since Sunday, the ANSA…

Politics Vatican Ukraine Vatican is sending envoy to China to discuss Ukraine peace mission

Rome, Sept 13, (dpa/GNA) – Pope Francis is sending the Vatican’s special envoy for the Ukraine war, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, to China on a…

Bulgaria: Tourism Ministry Reports Increase in Spa Tourists by 12% in 2023

Smolyan, Southern Bulgaria, Sept 11 (BTA/GNA) – Between the beginning of the year and August 20, 720,000 spa tourists were registered in the country,…

RFEF confirms that president Rubiales is resigning over kiss affair

Madrid, Sep 11, (dpa/GNA) – Luis Rubiales is resigning as president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), in the wake of a kissing affair…

National Polytechnic Museum Launches Educational Programme for First Day of School

Sofia, Sept 10 (BTA/GNA) – On September 15, the first day of school in Bulgaria, the National Polytechnic Museum will launch its new educational…

Bulgaria: French Artist Francois Chaignaud Dances with Snake in Sofia

Sofia, Sept 9 (BTA/GNA) – French artist Francois Chaignaud danced with a live snake at Sofia’s Toplocentrala Center for Contemporary Arts on Friday evening.…

Bulgaria: How a Colonel in Charge of Forced Labour Camps Helped Rescue Jews during WWII

Plovdiv, Sept 9 (BTA/GNA) – “To me, Colonel Tsvetan Mumdzhiev was a Renaissance man, a man of discipline and yet loving, spiritual,” his grandson,…

New Zealand parliament dissolved ahead of October elections

Wellington, Sept. 8, (dpa/GNA) – New Zealand on Friday dissolved its parliament for the upcoming general election. The country’s parliament must be dissolved before…

Spanish caretaker PM has coronavirus, unable to attend G20 summit

Madrid, Sept. 8, (dpa/GNA) – Spain’s caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has tested positive for the coronavirus and will therefore not be able to…

Sunak ahead of G20 summit: India is ‘very near and dear to me’

London, Sept. 8, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said it was “special” to be visiting India again, a country which he…

Bulgarian Foreign Minister at 3SI Summit: Better Connectivity in Region Will Be of Use to Entire EU

Bucharest, Sept 7 (BTA/GNA) – Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mariya Gabriel headed the Bulgarian delegation to the Three Seas Initiative (3SI) Summit…

Terror-accused soldier escapes London prison, clings to delivery van

London, Sept 7, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – A soldier accused of terrorism has escaped a London jail from a prison kitchen, by clinging on to…

Second death in Greece from Storm Daniel’s record rainfall

Athens, Sept 7, (dpa/GNA) – Another person has died from Storm Daniel, which has produced record rainfall in Greece, public broadcaster ERT reported on…

Five missing as floods strike western Turkey

Istanbul, Sept 7, (dpa/GNA) – Five people are missing, including a child, after heavy rains and flooding inundated houses in the west of Turkey,…

Bulgaria PM: Situation Returning to Normal after Floods

Sofia, Sep 6 (BTA/GNA) – The situation on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea coast is returning to normal after torrential rain triggered floods that…

UK declares Russian Wagner Group a terrorist organisation

By Desmond Davies London, Sept 6, GNA – The Russian private military contractor (PMC), the Wagner Group, has been declared a terrorist organisation by…

Foreign Minister Gabriel Presents Bulgaria’s Bid for Membership of UN Human Rights Council in 2024-2026

Sofia -Sep 5 (BTA/GNA) – The protection of human rights has always been a top priority of Bulgarian foreign policy, Gabriel said. “Over the…

Tourism Ministry to Attract Expatriates to Work in Bulgaria’s Hotel Business

Sofia, Sep 4 (BTA/GNA) – The Ministry of Tourism will try to attract young expatriates to work in Bulgaria’s hotel business. This transpired during…

‘Carnival murder’ trial begins 35 years after Cologne killing

Cologne, Sept , (dpa/GNA) – A German man is standing trial for allegedly strangling and killing a young woman, during Carnival festivities in the…

After popular bear killed in Italy, search for her two cubs goes on

Rome, Sept 4, (dpa/GNA) – After a well-known brown bear nicknamed Amarena, was killed by a man in central Italy last week, the search…