The share of online shoppers against the backdrop of global trends is relatively high, averaging 71%. Bulgarians shop mainly through a mobile phone, do preliminary research, are influenced by advertisements and promotions and have security and trust in the online stores, the Bulgarian news agency published attributing the findings to "a nationally representative survey on the e-commerce market for 2023, presented to the media on Wednesday.".

Presidents Rumen Radev of Bulgaria and Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan signed a declaration on strategic partnership between the two countries in Baku on Wednesday.

"Bulgaria - and its Energy Ministry in particular - is ready to help Ukraine restore its electricity system from the damage caused by the hostilities," caretaker Energy Minister Vladimir Malinov said in a video conference with his Ukrainian counterpart German Galushchenko on Tuesday.

Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) Director General Kiril Valchev said news should not be treated as a commodity but as a human right, the news agency published.

The Bulgarian Transport Ministry announced Thursday that it is calling off a public procurement procedure and is switching to a procedure of direct negotiations for purchase of 35 trains on funding from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, the country's news agency reported.

The European Parliament (EP) on Wednesday called for lifting Schengen land border controls for Bulgaria and Romania by the end of 2024. Air and sea border controls were scrapped on March 31, 2024.

The Bulgarian naval research vessel RSV 421 returned to the country back from the 32nd expedition to Antarctica on Wednesday, the country's news agency BTA said.

Voting in principle on Wednesday, the Bulgarian Parliament set up a council for the coordination of policies for Bulgarians residing abroad.

Fees for undergraduate and PhD students in Bulgarian state universities will be abolished this year, if changes to the Higher Education Act, which the Government approved here on Wednesday, pass through Parliament, the Bulgarian news agency has reported.

Bulgaria's water resources are expected to decline as a result of climate change.

The Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) was the only non-Asian news media invited by Japan's Kyodo News agency as a special guest at a conference in Tokyo within the 52nd Executive Board Meeting of the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA). The conference was titled, "News Agencies in the Era of Digital Innovation".

The GERB party authorized its leader Boyko Borissov on Tuesday to propose a coalition agreement to Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria (CC-DB), its partner in the government to date, the Bulgarian national news agency BTA has reported.

In December 2023, the number of trips of Bulgarians abroad was 649,100 or 7.3% more year-on-year, the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute (NSI) has revealed.

Social partners in Bulgaria are implementing a project to analyze how digital transformation and green transition will impact enterprises and workers in 17 sectors of the national economy and to offer solutions to related issues, the Bulgarian news agency has reported.

Bulgarian Prime Minister said on Wednesday his country has risen from the abyss of corruption which the country had been mired in during the years of Transition.

A Bulgarian scientist participating in an expedition in the Antarctica has unveiled that organisms in the icy continent constitute an indicator on the man-made impact there.

The Government proposed to waive tuition fees for undergraduate and PhD students in state universities enrolled in state-subsidized places, the Bulgarian national news agency BTA has reported.

Eleven Bulgarian producers are taking part in the international exhibition for food industry, agriculture and horticulture Green Week Berlin. Milk and meat products, spices, wine, organic products, honey, nut oil and Bulgarian rose oil products are displayed on 143 square metres, the Bulgarian News Agency (BAT) reported.

The Bulgarian Rozhen National Astronomical Observatory (NAO) will start a scientific observation programme using its new robotic telescope as of the beginning of next month.

A new group of the 32nd National Antarctic Expedition has left Sofia Airport for Rome en route to Buenos Aires, Rio Gallegos, Punta Arenas, King George Island and Livingston Island. The Bulgarian News Agency said the team comprises Assoc. Prof.