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Bulgaria

Jonas Vingegaard targets rare Grand Tour sweep as Giro d’Italia begins

Double Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard is set to begin his bid for a rare cycling achievement at the start of the 2026 Giro d’Italia 2026, which this year launches from Bulgaria before concluding in Rome.

08 May 2026-12:51
Bulgaria hosts hybrid discussions on WUF13 preparations

On April 30, a hybrid event was held in Bulgaria focusing on preparations for the upcoming 13th session of the World Urban Forum (WUF13) in Baku.

30 Apr 2026-16:30
Bulgarian scientist Petko Dinev dreams of filming the next Moon landing

During a visit to Sofia Tech Park Monday, Bulgarian engineering physicist Petko Dinev, who contributed to NASA’s Artemis missions, expressed pride in his work and optimism about Bulgaria’s role in space technology saying his "biggest dream" is to see a Moon landing captured with his company’s cameras.

27 Apr 2026-15:26
Rita Wilson reveals tragic family secret regarding late father’s past

The 69-year-old actress discovered that Allan Wilson - born Hassan Halilov Ibrahimoff - had a wife named Alice and a child called Emil in his native Bulgaria before he emigrated to the United States, during an appearance on the genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are? in 2012.

23 Apr 2026-10:37
Pro-Russian Radev-aligned party secures landslide victory in Bulgaria’s eighth election since 2021

Bulgaria’s prolonged political deadlock has taken a decisive turn following the country’s eighth general election in just five years.

20 Apr 2026-12:42
Iran as a trigger for the end of NATO?

Editor’s note: Moses Becker is a special political commentator for News.Az. He holds a PhD in political science and specializes in interethnic and interreligious relations. The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the position of News.Az.

14 Apr 2026-13:35
Bulgarian football star Borislav Mihaylov dies aged 63

31 Mar 2026-16:09
Poland urges EU to keep free carbon permits for industry

Donald Tusk said Poland, along with Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Italy, and Slovakia, is pressing the European Union to continue providing free carbon permits to industries, aiming to curb rising energy costs.

18 Mar 2026-16:56
EU top court rules bans on gender changes in IDs violate EU law

The European Court of Justice ruled that national laws preventing people from changing gender information on identity documents are incompatible with EU law.

12 Mar 2026-14:49
Kirill Petkov: I congratulate President Ilham Aliyev on the high-level organization of the Baku Forum

Former Bulgarian Prime Minister Kirill Petkov has congratulated Azerbaijan and President Ilham Aliyev on the successful organization of the 13th Global Forum in Baku.

12 Mar 2026-09:30