Bulgaria’s EU Presidency in 2018 is going to cost roughly 75m euro, the director of the center for the preparation of the presidency Lubomir Ivanov has said. The team for the presidency will be 1200-strong, he has added. Remuneration paid to team members will be within the framework of existing wages without any pay rise. Training of staff for servicing the Presidency will begin in September and will close in mid-2017.
A cold front will pass through the country on Tuesday. In the western and central regions of Bulgaria there are conditions for significant precipitation and hail storms. The lowest temperatures will be between 15 and 20°C; in Sofia -..
For the second year, so-called "cherry" tourism is being organized in the region of Kyustendil, known for its delicious cherries, BNR correspondent Kiril Falin has reported. Groups, families, even entire classes of students from all..
For the first time in the history of Mexico, a female president, Claudia Sheinbaum, is at the head of the country. "For the first time in the 200-year history of the republic, I will be the first female president of Mexico,"..
At noon sharp today, air raid sirens will sound throughout the country for 2 minutes in tribute to the memory of revolutionary poet Hristo Botev and all..
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will visit Bulgaria's second-biggest city Plovdiv today . The visit is part of the tours in..
In different cities of the country with military rituals, wreath laying and other events, Bulgarians honoured the memory of the emblematic poet and..
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