Preparations have started for a military exercise near the southern Bulgarian borders, the Ministry of Defense reported and added this was in relation to the current refugee crisis in Greece. The actual exercise starts on March 5 and it is to be held in the region of Petrich. The drill is called "Border 2016" and comes after a decision taken at a cabinet meeting earlier this week. The Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Interior, and the Bulgarian Red Cross will all take part in it. Border 2016 aims at "maintaining readiness for response in case of possible increased migratory pressure," the Bulgarian Ministry of Defence also said.
The Assembly of Academicians of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences elected new academicians. Ilza Pazheva has become an academician in biological sciences. Her main scientific achievements are in the field of bioinformatics and QSAR modeling. She..
Bulgaria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivan Kondov participated in the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting within the framework of the General Debate of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. In his..
Bulgaria supports the United Nations' mission of having humanity's future shaped by development policies and not by military conflicts, President Rumen Radev said during a meeting with UN Secretary-General António Guterres in New York. President Radev..
Friday will be sunny and temperatures will rise during the day to reach 28-33°C, 29°C in the capital. Lows will be between 11 and 16°C, 11°C in Sofia...
For the first time in 38 years the population of Bulgaria has practically stopped its downward trend. In 2023 the decline is by a mere 0.3%, or just..
Bulgaria is growing more and more visible for businesses in the US, said Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev at a briefing in New York after meeting with..
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