Seventeen-year-old Krist6ian Kostov, who was this year’s Eurovision Song Contest’s youngest performer, has become Bulgaria’s most successful participant in the contest ever by winning the second place. As he returned to Sofia, Kristian was given a welcome matching a true winner. Noting that while last year Bulgaria ranked fourth, this year it is already second, Kristian told the Bulgarian National Radio that he hoped Bulgaria would win the contest next year and vowed to help for the cause. This year’s winner of Eurovision is Portugal’s Salvador Sobral. The top ten in the 2017 contest features apart from Portugal and Bulgaria also Moldova, Belgium, Sweden, Italy, Romania, Hungary, Australia and Norway.
The parliamentary Committee on Health has decided to raise the pay of the people employed at state-run psychiatric hospitals by 50% as of 1 May this year. The MPs tasked two cabinet ministers - of health and of finance – to take the necessary steps,..
The National Assembly is to vote the motion of no confidence in the cabinet of Rosen Zhelyazkov today. MPs discuss vote of no confidence in Rosen Zhelyazkov’s cabinet Rosen Zhelyazkov: We are resilient, so as not to be misled by the..
For the first time, the Day of the Bulgarian Canning Industry will be marked on April 3. The solemn event will take place in the University of Food Technologies in Plovdiv. A round table on the topic "The Canning Industry in Bulgaria..
The sea waves have pushed the oil ashore, which was released by a ship in the waters near Varna on the morning of March 31. The pollution was localized..
Partial state of emergency on the territory of the municipality of Varna is in effect until April 6 due to a fuel oil spill in the Black Sea, which has..
Only 5% of prisoners in Bulgaria find work after serving their sentence . According to the Varna-based Altruist Association, quoted by BNT, 75% return to..
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