The Press Office of the Vatican published the programme of Pope Francis’s visit to Bulgaria and North Macedonia that will be held between May 5 and 7 this year. His Holiness Pope Francis will arrive in Sofia on May 5. He will deliver his first speech on Bulgarian land to the representatives of the Bulgarian authorities, public figures and members of the diplomatic corps on Atanas Burov square in front of the Presidency Building. On the first day of his visit to Bulgaria Pope Francis will visit Patriarch Neophyte and the members of the Holy Synod and on the second day of his visit His Holiness Pope Francis will visit a refugee camp and the town of Rakovski, where he will deliver a liturgy in the local Roman-Catholic church Sacred Heart of Jesus. On May 7 Pope Francis will fly from Sofia to Skopje.
Kiril Petkov announced at a briefing that he is taking political responsibility and resigning as co-chair of "We Continue the Change" (part of the PP-DB coalition, which has the second largest number of MPs in the National Assembly)..
A Japan-Bulgaria business forum on the topic of "Infrastructure, Energy and Digitalization" was held in Sofia. "Bulgaria has a whole palette of advantages. However, they are little known in Japan. Our task is to provide much clearer..
During joint inspections by the National Revenue Agency, the Commission for Protection of Competition and the Commission for Consumer Protection, price increases of between 5 and 83% were found. The chair of the Commission for..
The National Revenue Agency is inspecting currency exchange offices due to increased interest in buying euros . Within just one week, the exchange of..
The inaugural International Military Competition, 'Best Warrior', is set to take place on 25 and 26 June 2025 at the Vasil Levski National Military..
On Thursday it will be sunny and hot again. There will be light wind from the north-northwest. The highest temperatures will be..
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