The depopulation of the Bulgarian rural areas and the migration to the large cities continues, analysis of Eurostat reads. The share of the urban population increased from 20% in 1950 to 75% in 2016. In the past 65 years some 6 million Bulgarians migrated from the villages to the cities and currently nearly 1.8 million people live in the villages. Meanwhile, nearly 5.2 million Bulgarians live in the cities. Sofia and Varna are the only Bulgarian cities which have been constantly increasing in population in the recent years. The population of Bulgaria’s capital Sofia increased with nearly 30% and the population of the coastal city of Varna increased with nearly 10%.
The changes to the Preschool and School Education Act will most likely come into effect in November, and with them the ban on smart devices in class , announced Education Minister Krasimir Valchev, quoted by BGNES. Valchev recalled that there is..
During two separate inspections on August 22, 2025, smuggled gold and silver items worth a total of 313,946 leva (over 150 thousand euros) were seized by the police. They were transported in a passenger car and a bus entering the country from Turkey...
This morning, at around 8.45 am, a water tornado appeared over the sea near the village of Sinemorets on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, BGNES reported. The reason for this is the thunderstorms in the past few days along the Black Sea coast, and..
The leader of the GERB party Boyko Borisov met in Düsseldorf with the CEO of the defense concern Rheinmetall Armin Paperger . During the..
A van carrying 24 migrants, driven by a Bulgarian driver, was intercepted last night near the village of Lozenets (Tsarevo Municipality), Border..
On Tuesday , sunny weather will prevail with temporary increases in cloudiness, more significant over the southern regions of..
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