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Ljubljana – Commenting on Freedom Movement candidate Marta Kos withdrawing from the presidential race, the weekly Mladina suggests the party’s campaign was ill-timed, warning that small defeats had also done in former prime ministers Marjan Šarec and Miro Cerar.

Hotels along the Southern Black Sea coast expect good occupancy in September. Reservations are prepaid, and the industry is hoping for good weather. The holiday is about 20% cheaper than peak season prices.

Former Secretary of State of the United States Mike Pompeo will arrive in Sofia to deliver a special lecture.

The American politician and diplomat will speak about the geopolitical importance of Bulgaria at the invitation of the Confederation of Employers and Industrialists.

U.S. Ambassador Jim O'Brien, Head of the Office of Sanctions Coordination at the U.S.

A 60-year-old woman died in an accident involing a Bulgarian bus near the Hungarian city of Kecskemet, Hungarian internet sites report.

According to the local police service, nine women were traveling in the bus to France.

The matter has received extensive coverage from international media

Emmanuel Macron today called on the participants of the second "Crimean Platform" summit not to show weakness in relations with Russia and not to compromise with that country.

"Today, the Ukrainian ambassador demanded that Bulgaria change its previous position and start exporting weapons to Ukraine. This statement proves that we have not exported arms to them so far and refutes the whole manipulative, lying, organized and paid campaign on this subject against me personally, against the former ministry team and the regular government."

The tripartite traditional joint exercise "Balkan Spirit - 2022" is being held from today, August 22, to September 2, 2022 on the territory of the Plovdiv and Pazardzhik regions. Formations from the Special Forces of the Republic of Bulgaria, Romania and the Republic of Greece participate in it. Tasks will also be performed jointly with the Air Force of the Bulgarian Army.

A bus with illegal migrants crashed near Godech, Bulgaria. The driver died on the spot.

Around 6 o'clock this morning, a minibus crashed into a roadside tree. The policemen who arrived at the scene later found a group of illegal migrants in the forest near the accident.

The men claimed to be from Syria and had saved themselves from the crash.