After a request from Israel, the Bulgarian Prosecutor's Office has started an investigation over an organized criminal group involved in investment fraud, computer crimes and money laundering. It attracted investors from different continents to an online investment platform but the money was transferred to the accounts of the fraudsters.
During the investigation, premises in Studentski Grad, in Sofia, were searched. Documents, computers, flash drives and telephones used by the group were seized. 7 people were questioned, two of them are foreigners.
At the end of July, under a European Investigation Order from Bavaria, a criminal group involved in financial fraud was also investigated.
After the adoption of the euro in Bulgaria on January 1, 2026, salaries, pensions, social benefits will not change their value, but will simply be converted from levs to euros at the official exchange rate of 1.95583 for one euro...
In the second quarter of 2025, the tourist activity of Bulgarians showed a growth of 4.1% compared to the same period in 2024, reaching 1.3 million citizens who travelled, data of the National Statistical Institute show. 67.5% of..
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..
As of January 1, 2026, the minimum monthly wage will be set at 1,213 BGN (EUR 620.20). This represents a 12.6% increase, or 136 BGN (EUR 64.4) more than..
On Wednesday it will be sunny. There will be scattered high clouds over the western and northern regions of the country. There will..
On Thursday the weather will be sunny. There will be light wind in the Danube Plain and Eastern Bulgaria to a moderate wind from the eastern quarter...
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