The Union of Repressed Persons in Plovdiv commemorated all people who were killed and who went missing during the communist regime in the country by laying flowers at the monument “The witness”.
Today marks 77 years since the occupation of Bulgaria by the Soviet army which overthrew the legitimate government. The Union’s chair Atanas Uzunov described the date of the communist coup, 9 September, 1944, as the blackest day in modern Bulgarian history. He went on to say that after the communist coup the nation’s elite was destroyed, adding that young people should know this fact.
“In the space of just 40 days after this date 26,500 people were massacred – most of them without trial or jury, and a mock People’s Court was set up, whose aim was to cover the tracks of the pogroms committed, the organization emphasizes.
Prices must be displayed in the same font size for both currencies, with designations that are clear to the consumer. There is no requirement which currency is written first. This was stated by the Minister of Economy and Industry Petar Dilov after a..
According to the National Statistical Institute, the number of unemployed people in the second quarter of 2025 was 110,500 . Of these, 55.0% (60,800) were men and 45.0% (49,700) were women . The unemployment rate was 3.6%, which is 0.7% lower than..
Bulgarian households have reported an increase in their income and expenses in the second quarter of 2025. On average, the quarterly total income per person is 3,620 levs (1,850 euros), which is an increase of 12.6% compared to the same period in..
On Thursday , the lowest temperatures will be between 16 and 21°C; in Sofia – about 18°C. During the day it will be sunny over most of..
A consortium of Azerbaijan's state company SOCAR and Turkish private holding Cengiz is the preferred candidate for the business of..
An organised criminal group trafficking drugs from Spain and the Netherlands to Turkey has been dismantled by the State Agency for National Security..
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