Latest News from Bulgaria

Bulgaria consolidated budget has shown a surplus of BGN 915.2 M at the end of February, equivalent to 1.0% of the projected 2016 GDP.

This compared with budget deficit of BGN 105.5 M equivalent to 0.1% of GDP at the end of February 2015, the Finance Ministry said in a statement on Thursday.

No organized opposition has yet emerged to the idea that the time is right for a woman to become the next United Nations Secretary-General, Mike Brunker and Alex Lazar write in an article carried by NBC News.

The authors make an overview of the complex process of selecting a nominee who would be acceptable to majority of the U.N.'s 193 General Assembly members.

Lawmakers have approved on a second reading legislative amendments that the government argues are paving the way for a major reform in the judicial system.

MPs have agreed to split the Supreme Judicial Council (VSS) into two colleges, one for judges and the other for prosecutors.

Bulgaria and Romania have the highest annual road fatality rates among all 28 EU member states, with 95 dead each for every million people, well above the EU average of 51.5 per million, the European Commission road safety report for 2015, released on Thursday, said.

Between April 12 and 14, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly will hold informal dialogues with the seven candidates for UN Secretary-General who have been nominated so far.

This was stated in a letter released by UN General Assembly President Mogens Lykketoft, outlining the rules and schedule of hearings.

Bulgarian Regional Minister Lilyana Pavlova said that the new public tender for the construction of the first section of Hemus motorway between Yablanitsa and Boaza will be launched in May.

Balkan countries such as Bulgaria and Croatia are an "important link" in the activity of terrorists in Europe, Newsweek Serbia says in a recent investigation, citing data from French police and intelligence sources.