Bulgaria’s president picks senior central bank official as acting PM
Andrey Gurov will head a caretaker government tasked with organising snap elections .

Andrey Gurov will head a caretaker government tasked with organising snap elections .









No senior figure has been held accountable since the devastating explosion more than five years ago.
Protesters argue the draft budget would increase taxes and inflation with little payoff, while entrenching corruption.

Bulgaria’s government says it is withdrawing a planned budget after a major protest in the capital Sofia,
Hundreds of thousands across Europe and the Middle East march against Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza.
Plane for Ursula von der Leyen’s four-day tour of ‘front line’ states on EU’s eastern flank landed with ‘paper maps’.

Followers of a Bulgarian spiritual movement, Universal White Brotherhood, welcomed the group’s new year with a ritual.
Scorching heat forces closure of the iconic site amid severe weather warnings and fire risks across the country.

A number of foreign- and dual-nationality citizens evacuated from Israel have arrived in Bulgaria.
Six Bulgarians carried out sophisticated operations over three years, including spying on Ukrainian soldiers in Germany.
Here are the key developments on the 1,084th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.