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“Bulgaria has the ambition this year to undergo as many reviews as possible in the OECD committees and I hope that the accession process will be completed as soon as possible,” said Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev, meeting with Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Secretary General

During the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting 2024 in Paris, Caretaker Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Dimitar Glavchev said that the process of Bulgaria's accession to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) helps the country bring national policies into line with the highest global standards.

The Council of Ministers’ decision to approve the construction of the private Mom and Me Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment in Sofia dominates Thursday’s media, as it has sparked great public unrest. A day later, on May 1, caretaker Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev ordered the cancellation of the decision for the establishment of the private hospital.

A partnership agreement was signed between Suvorovo Municipality and the Moldavian Chirsova Municipality on Thursday.

Compared to the previous quarter, the issued permits for the construction of residential buildings decreased by 19.9%, the number of dwellings insideby 37.5%, and the gross building area by 36.0%.

The profit of the banking system as of March 31 amounted to BGN 818 million, BGN 33 million (4.3%) more than the profit realized for the first three months of 2023, reported the Bulgarian National Bank BNB.

On the eve of May Day, the Podkrepa Confederation of Labour warned that impoverishment is continuing. An analysis published on Tuesday said poverty is becominga chronic for one in three households.

Based on the data from the monthly cash execution reports of the budgets of the primary budget authorities, the balance of the Consolidated Fiscal Programme (CFP) on a cash basis as of March 2024 is positive in the amount of BGN 403.7 million (0.2% of the estimated GDP), the Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday

Vice President Iliana Iotova will open the 51st edition of the May cultural festival in Parvomay, Central Bulgaria, the presidential press service said on Wednesday.  At 10 a.m. Iotova will meet with Parvomay Mayor Nikolay Mitkov and the municipal

On April 30, the Archaeological Museum in Kyustendil - the former Ahmed Bey Mosque - opens an exhibition titled Natura 2000 - Protect Rare Species, said the Kyustendil Museum on Tuesday. It is organized by the Green Balkans environmental

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.

Bulgarians formed the fourth largest group of tourists in Turkiye in the first quarter of 2024, with a total of 575,000 visiting during the period, according to statistics put out by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Tuesday.

A regional conference on the project "Europe in the Balkans: A Common Future" took place at the BTA's National Press Club in Shumen on Wednesday.

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.