A votive offering aimed at reducing the number of road traffic victims was held on the main road connecting the cities of Smolyan and Plovdiv (South Bulgaria). Bishop Arseny of Znelpol served a blessing ceremony and the Abbot of Bachkovo Monastery donated 1,000 icons to Bulgarian passengers, the Bulgarian National Television informs. The mayor of the village of Hitrino, which was recently hit by a train blast, also attended the ceremony. Bulgaria tops the EU rankings in terms of road traffic victims. Speeding and failure to give way are the most common reasons for road accidents in Bulgaria.
The National Assembly has ratified an international contract for the acquisition of ammunition for Stryker machines, reports BTA. The contract from the US government, worth a total of $64,880,655 excluding VAT, was approved by 125 votes to 51 against...
More than 150 firefighters continue the battle with the fire in the western part of the Slavyanka mountain. Several outbreaks were activated on Greek territory and managed to enter a juniper-laden forest on Bulgarian territory. Wide..
Consumer confidence rose by 5.6 points in July, according to a survey by the National Institute of Statistics. According to consumers, the general economic situation in Bulgaria has been improving over the past 12 months, and expectations for the next..
President Rumen Radev appointed Bulgarian National Audit Office Vice-President Goritsa Grancharova-Kozhareva as the next caretaker Premier. The..
Bulgarian head of state Rumen Radev has met in the presidency with David Wright - commissioner of the US Nuclear Regulation Commission, who is on a..
Consumer confidence rose by 5.6 points in July, according to a survey by the National Institute of Statistics. According to consumers, the general..
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