Bulgaria
Bulgaria’s daily coronavirus infections at record high
SOFIA, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Daily coronavirus infections in Bulgaria reached a record high of 7,062 on Wednesday, largely fuelled by the…
Bulgaria sees its population decline by 11.5% in a decade
Bulgaria’s population has declined by 11.5% in the past decade, according to first results from the 2021 census. The National Statistical Institute…
Bulgaria detects first cases of Omicron coronavirus variant
Bulgaria has detected its first 12 cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, the Balkan country's chief health inspector Angel Kunchev…
Bulgaria hikes natural gas price by 30.4%
SOFIA, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's energy regulator said on Saturday it has approved a 30.4% increase of the wholesale natural gas…
Bulgaria offers cash reward to boost vaccination rates among pensioners
SOFIA, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said on Thursday that elderly people who get a COVID-19 shot will…
Bulgaria’s PP party expects to forge coalition government soon
Bulgaria's largest political party, We Continue The Change (PP), expects to forge a coalition government with three other parties soon and put…
Bulgaria’s PP party expects to forge coalition government soon
SOFIA, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's largest political party, We Continue The Change (PP), expects to forge a coalition government with three…
Investigators say human error likely cause of deadly Bulgaria bus crash
FIA, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Bulgarian investigators said on Thursday that human error was the most likely cause of a bus crash…
UPDATED – Flaming bus crash in Bulgaria kills 45 North Macedonian tourists
SOFIA (Reuters) -At least 45 people, including 12 children, died as a bus carrying mostly North Macedonian tourists crashed in flames on…
Bulgarian President Radev wins second term on anti-corruption ticket
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev won a second term in office by a wide margin on Sunday as voters in the European Union's…
Tired of rampant graft, Bulgarians vote in presidential election
SOFIA, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Bulgarians are voting on Sunday to choose the country's next president in a run-off election, weary of…
Deaths 50% above normal in Bulgaria, EU’s least vaccinated country -Eurostat
More than 50% more people died in Bulgaria than usual during September, official data showed, making the European Union's least vaccinated country…