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Netherlands withdraws from 'no longer' neutral 2027 Eurovision

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Bulgarian Black Sea resort Burgas wins bid to host Eurovision 2027

Bulgaria's 4th largest city Burgas has won the right to host the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest. The Black Sea resort has been praised for its 'uniqueness' as the country prepares to hold the world's biggest live song competition for the very first time.

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Bulgaria lights up its Black Sea coast with digital art festival

Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea coast became an open‑air gallery from 7 to 10 August, as the second LUNAR: Sea of Lights festival brought 17 light and digital artworks to five seaside communities.

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Ukraine denies targeting Bulgaria as drone explodes near pipeline

An unidentified drone of a type used by Kyiv's army exploded near a pipeline bordering Bulgaria and Romania. The drone entered Bulgarian airspace from Romania before exploding 1,000 metres from the Trans-Balkan gas pipeline.

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Ukrainian drone explodes in Bulgaria, Kyiv promises inquiry

Bulgaria's prime minister said both Bulgarian and Romanian authorities had failed to pick up the drone as it made its way through their respective airspace.

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Climate

Woolly mammoth bones exposed as Danube water levels hit record low

Record-low water levels have exposed the bones of a large mammoth in the riverbed near the village of Ryahovo in Bulgaria. Experts believe it is a woolly mammoth.

Make it Work

Bulgarian scheme helps parents work by hiring jobseekers

In partnership with the European Commission

An EU-backed Bulgarian scheme solves two problems at once: finding trusted childcare for working parents, and jobs for the unemployed.

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'Those responsible must face the consequences': Iran warns Bulgaria

Tehran's third warning to Bulgaria came soon after US President Donald Trump publicly thanked Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev for providing air base support.

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Iran warns Bulgaria over US aircraft deployment

The warning follows a Bulgarian government proposal to temporarily deploy up to eight US aerial refuelling aircraft at Bezmer Air Base in the country’s southeast.

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Sanctions should be ‘economic’ not ‘symbolic’, Bulgarian FM says

Velislava Petrova-Chamova told Euronews that the EU’s sanctions against Russia should have a financial impact and not be a symbolic instrument – and that this, among other reasons, is why Sofia championed the removal of the head of Russia's Orthodox Church from the 21st sanctions package.

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EU fails again to sanction Patriarch Kirill as Bulgaria slaps veto

Bulgaria succeeded in its opposition to blacklisting Patriarch Kirill and Vagit Alekperov, as both contentious names were removed from the EU sanctions package that remains under negotiation.

Destinations

48 hours in Plovdiv, the oldest continuously inhabited city in Europe

In this travel guide to Plovdiv, discover Roman sites, Bulgarian Revival houses and the best restaurants and bars.

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Bulgaria aims for 'no further cuts on cohesion' in EU's next budget

Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister Atanas Pekanov said the EU must "retain policies like cohesion" in its next long-term budget. While acknowledging negotiations "will take months", he backed reaching a deal by the end of the year, saying it is "better to reach a solution fast".

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Clash over EU cash set to dominate today's Budget Conference

The battle over the EU's next long-term budget will be on full display at today's Annual EU Budget Conference as member states clash over spending priorities, Ireland takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, and we speak to the EU's head of aid operations in Venezuela.

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Oil, cod, Kirill: friction points emerge in new EU sanctions on Russia

The EU wants to agree on a new round of measures targeting Moscow before 15 July, but the closed-door negotiations have difficult obstacles to navigate.

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Bulgaria opposes EU sanctions on Russia's Patriarch Kirill

"The era of the Crusades is over," the Bulgarian prime minister said on Thursday as he confirmed his opposition to the proposal.

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Bulgaria to end weapons supplies to Ukraine, PM Radev says

Bulgaria, which is member of NATO and the European Union, has been providing military aid Ukraine since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in 2022.

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