Bulgaria’s National Assembly has adopted amendments to the Religious Denominations Act. Some of the amendments are related to the financing allotted to the denominations. The Bulgarian Orthodox Church and the other registered denominations will receive state subsidy based on the number of persons who identify themselves as belonging to the relevant denomination according to the census information of the National Statistical Institute. The subsidy will amount to EUR 5 per follower. The denominations will provide to the government a list of houses of prayer, temples and monasteries for religious use on an annual basis. A public register of houses of prayer, temples and monasteries will be launched soon.
Plovdiv will offer concerts, bazaars and an ice park for the Christmas and New Year holidays to its citizens and guests, the municipality has announced. Mayor Kostadin Dimitrov will light the Christmas tree in front of the Plovdiv Municipality..
On Thursday, minimum temperatures will range from 3° to 19°C, with eastern areas reaching 15–19°C and Sofia around 6°C. The day will be cloudy with widespread rain. Heavy rainfall is expected in western regions overnight and in central and southern..
“Solutions for achieving peace in Ukraine must be based on fundamental principles of the UN Charter, such as sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity.” This was stated by Bulgarian Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev at the informal video..
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