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The European Broadcasting Union approves Canada's possible participation in next year's Eurovision Song Contest in Bulgaria, which would mark their first appearance at the annual song contest.
2026-06-26

Two people are killed and 16 others are injured when a passenger bus carrying Ukrainian citizens strikes a group of people and crashes into a ditch in Burgas, Bulgaria.
2026-04-22

Preliminary results from yesterday's election in Bulgaria reveal that the left-wing nationalist and populist Progressive Bulgaria coalition, led by former president Rumen Radev, secured a majority of seats in the National Assembly.
2026-04-20

Bulgarians vote for 240 seats of the National Assembly in the nation's eighth election since April 2021. Former president Rumen Radev leads the soft eurosceptic Progressive Bulgaria coalition, the frontrunner of the election according to opinion polls.
2026-04-19

Iliana Iotova becomes the first female president of Bulgaria following the resignation of Rumen Radev. 
2026-01-23

Bulgarian president Rumen Radev resigns, marking the first voluntary resignation of the country's president in its post-communist history. Vice president Iliyana Yotova is sworn in as acting president, becoming the country's first female president.
2026-01-20

The Bulgarian parliament withdraws its draft 2026 budget, originally prepared for the adoption of the euro, following nationwide protests against proposed tax increases.
2025-12-2

Bulgaria's parliament approves legal amendments giving a state-appointed manager expanded authority over Lukoil's refinery in Burgas, including operational control and the power to sell shares, to prevent a shutdown when U.S. sanctions on the refinery's Russian owner take effect.
2025-11-8

Bulgarian prime minister Rosen Zhelyazkov's government survives their fifth vote of no-confidence this year over alleged failures to reform the justice and security sectors, with 133 lawmakers opposing and 101 supporting the motion.
2025-09-18

Bulgarian police arrest the owner of the ship that brought explosive material to Beirut, Lebanon, which caused an explosion in August 2020 that killed more than 200 people.
2025-09-16