On September 1 the Bulgarian Orthodox Church commemorates Saint Simeon the Stylite and his mother Martha. The feast is also known as Simeonovden in Bulgaria’s folk calendar and marks the beginning of the agricultural New Year. On this day the autumn sowing starts. People also start gathering walnuts and must not lend anything or take anything out of their homes, in order to keep fertility with them. People named Simeon, Simeona, Simon, Simona, Simo, Simana, Mona and Martha are celebrating their name day today.
An emergency epidemic situation will not be introduced in the country due to the spread of pertussis (whooping cough), as this is not necessary. This was announced by the chief state health inspector, Assoc. Prof. Angel Kunchev...
With the votes of GERB-SDS and PP-DB, the parliament rejected the request for a debate on the report of the temporary committee to investigate corruption practices in the "Customs" Agency and the possible role of the former finance..
Hail storm caused huge damage in the regions of Plovdiv, Haskovo, Stara Zagora and Sliven. No people were injured but crops in many places were destroyed . The villages of Banya, Samuilovo, Zetiovo, Gita, Svoboda and Shivachevo..
The Bulgarian Parliament has finally postponed the liberalisation of the energy market for one year, starting from 1 July. The decision was taken with..
Bulgaria will assist Ukraine in the process of rebuilding its energy infrastructure. This was announced after a meeting between Bulgaria’s Energy..
On Thursday , a cold atmospheric front will pass through the country. It will be rainy with thunders over the whole of Bulgaria. There..
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