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published on 4/11/25 3:01 PM

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published on 3/28/25 8:33 PM
Boyko Borissov

Borissov: Zhelyazkov cabinet must stay on, even as minority government

"The 'Zhelyazkov' cabinet must continue to work, even as a minority government." This was GERB leader Boyko Borissov's comment on the Constitutional Court's decision to order the Central Election Commission to recalculate the results of the..

published on 2/27/25 11:52 AM
Călin Georgescu

Balkan Developments

Călin Georgescu remains the favorite for the presidential election in Romania Călin Georgescu, who won the annulled first round of the presidential elections in November 2024 as an independent candidate, remains the..

published on 2/21/25 1:14 PM

Bulgarian Socialist Party holds its 51st Congress

On February 15 and 16, the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) is holding its 51st Congress. Interim Chairman Atanas Zafirov is expected to present a report on the past period. The delegates are also expected to vote on amendments to the party's statute,..

published on 2/15/25 10:51 AM
Sandro Gozi, MEP from Renew Europe

MEP Sandro Gozi for BNR: Europe must become strong again

Europe must become powerful again. This was stated by MEP Sandro Gozi from Renew Europe, former Italian Secretary of State for European Affairs in the special studio of BNR's Horizon National Channel from the European Parliament building in..

published on 2/14/25 2:12 PM
Ivaylo Valchev (ITN/ECR), Irina Nedeva (BNR) and Andrey Kovatchev (GERB/EPP) in Radio studio 1 of the EP, Strasbourg, 12 Feb 2025

The economic debate is key for this European Parliament session, say Bulgarian MEPs

The economic and financial debate is key for the current European Parliament session . This is the opinion of Bulgarian MEP from the European People's Party Andrey Kovatchev, who is a member of the EP's Foreign Affairs Committee. "The topic does not..

published on 2/14/25 12:05 PM

MEP Andrey Novakov: Bulgaria must receive targeted defense funding

Bulgaria must receive targeted defense funding. This is what Bulgarian MEP from the European People's Party Andrey Novakov has requested from the new EC Defense Commissioner. In addition to the topic of the tariffs that US President Donald Trump..

published on 2/14/25 11:30 AM

Balkan Developments

Türkiye commemorates the victims of the devastating earthquakes of 2023 Türkiye honored the memory of the victims of the earthquakes of February 6, 2023, when 7.7-magnitude tremors in southeastern Turkey levelled entire..

published on 2/7/25 4:41 PM
Tsaribrod

The "Shopi Nation", or how a Bulgarian ethnographic group becomes a Serbian "diagnosis"

In mid-January this year, eight Bulgarian cultural and educational associations from Bosilegrad, Tsaribrod, Zvontsi, Vranje, Pirot and Niš sent an open letter to the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, the Ombudsman, Zoran Pasalic, the Delegation of..

published on 2/6/25 9:20 PM

Balkan Developments

Fire kills dozens in Turkish mountain resort Kartalkaya 78 people died in a hotel fire in the Turkish ski resort of Kartalkaya in north-western Turkey. Celebrities and entire families were among the dead, and dozens..

published on 1/24/25 5:07 PM
 Hristijan Mickoski

Mickoski: The Macedonian issue is not closed because Bulgaria does not respect the rights of the Macedonian minority

North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski stated that the Macedonian issue is not closed, because the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the rights of people with a Macedonian identity in Bulgaria are not being respected...

published on 1/24/25 10:55 AM