The Bulgarian National Assembly has adopted the veto that President Rumen Radev imposed on controversial texts in the Emergency Measures Act, voted on because of the coronavirus epidemic. The President's motives are that some provisions violated the right of free speech and that there was no definition of „unjustifiably high prices" in proposed anti-speculation measures.
Prime Minister Boyko Borissov announced that Bulgaria has requested 1 million tests for COVID-19 in the framework of a common European order within the EU. This way a bigger part of the population could be tested. Currently, only patients who are ill or with symptoms of infection are tested for the virus, PM Borissov said.
The 33rd Summer Olympics will be officially opened in Paris today. On this occasion, Bulgaria's Head of State Rumen Radev is in the French capital to attend the opening ceremony at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron and IOC President..
A fire broke out in a fireworks warehouse complex between the town of Elin Pelin and the village of Gara Elin Pelin near Sofia, the BTA news agency reported. There was a series of explosions in the warehouses. The alert for the burning warehouses was..
On Friday morning, clouds will break and decrease over the eastern half of the country, but will close again in the afternoon, bringing rain and thunderstorms in places. Lows will be between 16 and 22°C, 16°C in Sofia. Highs will be between 27 and 32°C,..
A fire broke out in a fireworks warehouse complex between the town of Elin Pelin and the village of Gara Elin Pelin near Sofia, the BTA news agency..
The man injured in the explosions at a fireworks warehouse near the village of Elin Pelin has died. The doctors did everything they could, condolences to..
The Bulgarian state is planning to allocate significant funding for the new laboratory at the Bulgarian base in Antarctica , public service TV BNT..
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