Sofia University

Today is the students' holiday. The day is also the patron holiday of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" - the oldest higher education institution in Bulgaria.

The Minister of Education, Prof. Galin Tsokov, unveiled the latest Ranking of Higher Education Institutions in Bulgaria's 13th edition, highlighting key insights into the country's academic landscape. Tsokov emphasized the remarkable success of graduates, noting a mere 2% unemployment rate among university alumni, dipping even lower to below 1% in certain specialties.

Mrs. Meenakashi Lekhi, Hon'ble Minister of State of External Affairs and Culture, Republic of India is on official visit to Republic of Bulgaria from 30th November, 2023 to 1st December, 2023.

The official event will be attended by Mrs. Iliyana Yotova, Vice President of Bulgaria, and Mr Vassil Terziev, Mayor of Sofia

"The pollution of the Black Sea is increasing rather than decreasing, but it is not related to Ukraine, we are doing it ourselves", insisted Eco-minister Julian Popov on the occasion of the study by "Active users" and scientists from Sofia University, who have found contamination of the sea water with the bacterium "Escherichia coli" up to 41 times above the norm on 7 out of a total of

Pollution of the sea water up to 41 times above the norm found a joint inspection of scientists from Sofia University and the Association "Active Users" on the beaches along the Southern Black Sea coast.

Its results and analysis were published today.

Today, with 132 votes, Nikolay Denkov was elected Prime Minister of Bulgaria. He will be rotating Prime Minister for the first 9 months of the cabinet after which he will be replaced by Mariya Gabriel.

Under the motto "Enough tolerance!" many people gathered in front of the National Assembly building in the center of Sofia in protest after the series of car accidents with injuries and deaths.

More than 50 museums and galleries in Sofia will join the "European Night of Museums" initiative. With free admission, there will be exhibitions, concerts, workshops, films and organized tours in cultural spaces in Sofia and the country.

In several places in Sofia, there are fallen branches of trees due to the strong wind. This was announced by the Ministry of the Interior for the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR).

The Ministry of the Interior specified that there are fallen tree branches on the tram line on the capital's "James Boucher" boulevard.