The International President of the Federation of European Carnival Cities Henk Ferdinand van der Kroon declared Friday Pernik European Capital of Masquerade Tradition. Van der Kroon presented Mayor Rossitsa Yanakieva with a medal which will be handed down to every subsequent mayor of the municipality.

An international report warned that Sudan is facing the worst recorded levels of severe food insecurity, and it is expected that more than half of the population will face worse conditions during the period between June and September 2024.

The toll of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since the seventh of last October has risen to 37,718 martyrs and 86,377 injured, the majority of whom are children and women, while thousands of victims are still under the rubble.

Bulgaria's Caretaker Minister of Education and Science Prof. Galin Tsokov will greet the participants in the festival “Hello Space, Bulgaria Calling” on Tuesday in the John Atanasoff Hall of Sofia Tech Park, the Bulgarian news agency has reported.

The Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) has said it will open a National Press Club in Montana on June 24.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced on Sunday that the death toll in the Gaza Strip had risen to 37,598, the majority of whom were children and women, since the start of the Israeli occupation aggression on October 7th.

The Israeli occupation's aggression against the Gaza Strip since the seventh of last October has left 37,551 civilian martyrs and 85,911 other civilians injured, the majority of whom are children and women, while thousands of victims are still under the rubble.

The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced today, Thursday, that the death toll in the Strip since the start of the Israeli occupation forces' aggression on the 7th of last October has risen to 37,431, the majority of whom are children and women.

Individuals and organizations that have contributed significantly to the development of society and the economy in Bulgaria were honoured with the People of the XXI Century international award of the Made in Bulgaria Programme Association, Bulgaria's news agency has reported.

The Arab League called for the concerted Arab efforts to confront the phenomenon of drought and desertification, as it is one of the most fragile regions of the world in terms of its ecosystem, and 90 percent of its area is designated as dry and extremely dry areas.

More than 60 artists and performers from Bulgaria, France and Poland are taking part in the sixth edition of Culturama Festival, under the motto “Water live- the music of water”, the organizers said here on Thursday.

The General Authority in Charge of the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque has stressed the readiness of the Mataf (Circumambulation Track) area to receive pilgrims to the Holy House of God, during this year’s Hajj 1445 AH, amid organizational plans and quality services provided to the guests of God.

Bulgaria's Caretaker Minister of Education and Science Galin Tsokov Tuesday formally opened a new hall of the University Centre for Innovative Educational Technologies at the Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv, according to Bulgaria's news agency BTA

80 Palestinians, most of them children and women, were killed and others were injured in intensive shelling by the Israeli occupation in the central governorate of the central Gaza Strip.

Two contracts that will mark the start of the implementation of the Vertical Gas Corridor concept were signed at the Council of Ministers in Sofia on Thursday.

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said that "nine out of 10 children in Gaza cannot eat nutrients from enough food groups to ensure their healthy growth and development."

The state-owned aircraft maintenance company Avionams and Lockheed Martin Global INC signed on Wednesday an industrial cooperation deal on the implementation of three projects, said Bulgaria's Defense Ministry.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stressed the need to deliver humanitarian aid to the people of the Gaza Strip and support the UN's efforts to provide life-saving aid.

Saudi Minister of Defense, His Royal Highness Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz and Vice Brazilian President, Minister of Development, Industry and Trade Geraldo Alckmin singed today, Tuesday, an agreement for cooperation between the two countries in the field defense.

Thousands of guests from Bulgaria and abroad including Bulgarian ministers on Sunday members of Parliament, heads of central and local government institutions, and mayors. Foreign diplomats watched a rose picking ritual near Kazanlak on Sunday.