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In 2023, major human rights issues in Bulgaria remained unresolved, the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (BHC) writes in its annual report. The topic was discussed by the report's authors, journalists, and politicians at the Europe House in Sofia on Tuesday.

The draft revisions to the Gambling Act, on which Parliament will hold a second-reading vote on Tuesday, dominate Tuesday’s news media.

May 1: Mostly sunny over southwestern Bulgaria before noon, cumulus cumulonimbus clouds with rain and in some places thunder afternoon. Moderate easterly wind, northeasterly over the eastern part of the country. Highs: between 17C and 22C, about 18C

1919: Diplomatic relations with Ukraine, established in March 1918, are severed after it is incorporated into Soviet Union.

In March 2024, the Total Producer Price Index in Industry, which can be used as an early measure of the current inflation process, declined on a monthly basis by 1.6% and by 8.7%, year-on-year, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) reported on Tuesday.

Bulgarian Posts received an award from the Quality of Service Fund of the Universal Postal Union for a project to speed up the processing of incoming international packages by acquiring new equipment.

In March 2024, the number of trips of Bulgarians abroad was 679,100 or 19.1% more year-on-year, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) reported on Monday. The number of visits of non-residents to Bulgaria was 756,500 or 7.2% more in comparison with the same month of the previous year.

Bulgaria’s caretaker Tourism Minister Evtim Miloshev said on Friday that the city of Veliko Tarnovo (North Central Bulgaria) is at the heart of cultural tourism.

Bulgarian high school students won a full set of medals at the 58th International Mendeleev Olympiad in chemistry in Shenzhen, China, the Education Ministry said on its website on Tuesday. The Bulgarians won with 151 students from 26 countries.

At the BTA National Press Club here on Monday, the Bulgarian News Agency and the Lyubomir Pipkov National School of Music signed a long-term cooperation agreement. The agreement was signed on the eve of the 120th anniversary of the establishment of the school and the 120th anniversary of the birth of the school's patron – Bulgarian composer Lyubomir Pipkov. The document was signed by the school’s Director Stolina Dobreva and BTA Director General Kiril Valchev.

Victims of violence feel more supported and are not afraid to speak up in front of everyone, said caretaker Minister of Justice Maria Pavlova.

The team of BTA's correspondent bureau receives the Varna Prize for its intensive coverage of the cultural and social life of the city and on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the agency

A Saharan dust cloud has once again shrouded Romania.

Participants in the local conference on the "Europe in the Balkans: Common Future" project, which took place on Tuesday at the National Press Club of the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) in Targovishte, discussed the impact of EU-funded projects in Targovishte Region in 2014-2020 and new developments for the 2021-2027 programming period.

The Haskovo District Court has remanded in custody a Bulgarian national wanted in Cyprus for theft, illegal property possession, prostitution, and pimping, the Court House said on Tuesday.

Prinariu, who is also the only citizen of Romania and another Balkan country, with the exception of forerunner Bulgaria, who has flown into outer space, gave an exclusive interview for BTA just before the official presentation of the new issue of BTA’s LIK magazine, "The Bulgarian Footprint in Space", on April 22.