After talking to some of the BOC metropolitans on Wednesday, today Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is to discuss with Patriarch Neophyte the need for stricter safety measures during the upcoming holidays of Palm Sunday and Easter on April 12 and April 19. The government fears that the peak of the Covid-19 epidemic will coincide with the holidays. The way in which the miraculous fire will be brought from Jerusalem is expected also to be discussed with the Patriarch. Every year on the eve of Resurrection, delegation of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church receives the fire in Jerusalem from the Patriarch of Orthodox Christians in the city.
On Friday morning, there will be fog in the lowlands and valleys. The cloud cover will start to increase from the west. The lowest temperatures will be between minus 2°C and 3°C, around minus 1°C in Sofia. During the day, there will be temporary..
Captain Lyubomir Chanev and chief mate Danail Veselinov returned to Bulgaria. They were held captive by Yemen's Houthis for 430 days. The Galaxy Leader ship with the two Bulgarians on board, was hijacked in the Red Sea on November 19, 2023, shortly..
Environmentalists protested in front of the Ministry of Environment and Water against plans to reduce the area of the Blue Stones Nature Park and the creation of settlements. According to the environmentalists, if construction in the park is not..
In a statement from the parliamentary rostrum, the leader of Vazrazhdane party, Kostadin Kostadinov, stated that his party would not allow "a national..
President Rumen Radev held a phone conversation with the EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue and other Western Balkan Regional..
Bulgaria’s Minister of Finance Temenuzhka Petkova said that she is concerned about the current state of the country’s finances, which,..
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