3+ hour, 39+ min ago  (257+ words) The World Bank has cut its economic growth forecasts for Bulgaria for 2026 and 2027, according to its European and Central Asia (ECA) Economic Update, released on April 8. The report forecasts Bulgaria's real GDP growth as coming in at 2. 6 per cent in…...

5+ hour, 19+ min ago  (452+ words) Police in Bulgaria's city of Plovdiv arrested two people who were in possession of close to 90 000 euro allegedly to be used for vote-buying ahead of the country's April 19 early parliamentary elections, Interior Ministry chief secretary Georgi Kandev said in a…...

3+ hour, 12+ min ago  (153+ words) The governing body of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, the Holy Synod, said on April 9 that it had decided against sending a delegation to Jerusalem to fetch the "Holy Fire. The "Holy Fire is an integral part of Eastern Orthodox Christian…...

6+ hour, 38+ min ago  (551+ words) Bulgaria's Road Infrastructure Agency announced on April 9 restrictions on the movement of heavy lorries on major motorways during the Orthodox Easter four-day weekend. In the days before Easter, heavy traffic is forecast at the main exits from Bulgaria's capital city…...

7+ hour, 19+ min ago  (262+ words) Bulgaria's Orthodox Easter four-day weekend from April 10 to 13 2026 will begin with cool weather with some precipitation and end with sunny weather on Monday, according to the national meteorological bureau. On the morning of April 10, there will be light rain, while…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (302+ words) The state is allocating 18 million euro to support bus transport companies due to higher fuel prices, Bulgaria's caretaker Transport Minister Korman Ismailov said on April 8. The money will be directed to municipalities, Ismailov said. He said that the goal is…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (310+ words) A total of 223 people have been arrested so far for breaches of electoral law, Bulgaria's caretaker Prime Minister Andrei Gyurov said on April 8, according to a statement by the government information service. Gyurov was speaking at the start of a…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (258+ words) The Dossier Commission, the body required by law to disclose who in various walks of public life worked for Bulgaria's communist-era secret services, has announced which candidates in Bulgaria's April 19 2026 National Assembly elections were affiliated with State Security. The commission…...

2+ day, 50+ min ago  (14+ words) Bulgaria's retail trade turnover in February 2026 up 7. 3% y/y'The Sofia Globe...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (199+ words) Thanks to heavy snowfalls, there will be open ski slopes during the 2026 Orthodox Easter weekend at Bulgaria's three major mountain resorts. Bansko said on its official website that the ski zone will be open until the Orthodox Easter Monday on…...