Today the staff of the Chief Directorate "Border Police" mark their professional holiday. On this day in 1887 the Official Gazette promulgated the first law on the border guard, under which border security is assigned to the Ministry of..
National Championship of Mexico in alpine skiing took place once again in Bulgaria’s Bansko. Today 37 skiers from different countries, including the organizers of the race Prince Hubertus von Hohenlohe-Langenburg from Mexico,..
Today Germany declared national mourning for the victims of the terrorist attack at the Christmas bazaar in Berlin. The terrorist act took the lives of 12 people and another 48 were injured. Photo: EPA/BGNES
Excessively low temperatures in the course of the last few days cause the rowing canal in Plovdiv to freeze completely. The ice cover is about eight centimeters thick! Photo: BTA A Winter Parade of..
The National Ethnographic Museum is holding the traditional annual Christmas studios. This year's event is part of the fundraising campaign entitled "Know traditions to love your people!" It is aimed at creating a permanent..
This year again the Regional Historical Museum in Targoviste organized a Christmas Workshop. Throughout December children from different schools of the city will be able to participate in recreating traditions for Christmas..
Nearly 11 kilometers queue of TIR trucks are waiting at the Kapitan Andreevo border crossing today (at the Bulgaria-Turkey border). Drivers complained that they have been waiting in line for 15 hours now. The press office of..
An exhibition was opened today in the Archives State Agency. The exposition is entitled “Bulgaria and Switzerland: together in history”. Photo: BTA Sofia International Book Fair in Sofia opened once again in the..
Today, December 12 is a day of national mourning for the tragedy in Hitrino. Early in the morning of December 10 a freight train with tanks filled with propane-butane and propylene, crashed at the station in the village. 12 carriages derailed..
The Palace of Justice in the town of Vratsa launched an Open Doors Day on the occasion of International Human Rights Day – December 10. During the event students from the city were able to get into the role of prosecutor..
The Bulgarian Parliament has finally postponed the liberalisation of the energy market for one year, starting from 1 July. The decision was taken with..
Nearly 400 cases of pertussis (whooping cough) have been registered in the country. We are at the beginning of a nationwide epidemic, Chief State Health..
The National Assembly removed its chairman Rosen Zhelyazkov from office. His dismissal was proposed by We Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria,..
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