A man and a child have died after they were struck by lightning in the area of Mount Zhultets near Mount Botev in the Central Balkan Mountains. The alert was sent to the mountain rescue service at around 13.30 by a child who was with them, reports BNR..
The prosecutor’s office in Plovdiv is investigating the death of an English patient, who died at the University Hospital St. George a few days ago after being attacked by security guards . The hospital is conducting an internal inspection of the..
The earthly remains of Patriarch Neophyte were met with the tolling of mourning bells at the Metropolitan Church of St. Marina in Sofia , where the clergy of the Diocese of Sofia had assembled. Many lay people had gathered to bid His Holiness a last..
In the capital city's St Sophia Church, at 5pm, an archbishop's memorial service will be held in memory of Deacon Ignatius, the Apostle of Bulgarian Freedom, Vasil Levski. (Levski took this name when he entered the St. Spas Monastery in Sopot - ed.). As..
Interior Minister Kalin Stoyanov has called for the dismissal of two senior police officers in Stara Zagora. This follows an incident in late 2023 in Stara Zagora in which 58-year-old former national wrestling champion Pavel Penev died after being chased..
Bulgarian artist Stavri Kalinov passed away at the age of 78. "Stavri Kalinov, one of the most popular figures in contemporary Bulgarian art, has left us. We bow to his memory," the Union of Bulgarian Artists wrote on its Facebook page, describing him as..
“We have to do our best to do away with the feeling of impunity people behind the wheel have, and seek measures that are going to be painful for the offenders,” said Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov after a meeting he convened to discuss the problems..
The first-instance court has found Georgi Semredjiev guilty of the grave road accident on a central Sofia boulevard in July 2022, in which two young women died. Semerdzhiev received 20 years in prison on the following charges - recklessly causing..
25 is the number of new Covid-19 cases out of 643 tests performed in the country in the past day, a positivity rate of 4%, Single Coronavirus Information Portal data show. The highest number of new infections is in Sofia - 10, in Ruse – 3, in..
36 is the number of new Covid-19 cases out of 730 tests performed in the country in the past day, 10 down from the previous day. More than 80.5% of the new infections are among the unvaccinated. The positivity rate is close to 5%, Single..
